Always good to see “reverse” and “aging” in a sentence

Science Daily– If you’ve never heard of telomeres, you’ll want to do some reading. These regions of “junk DNA” act to maintain a balancing point between excessive aging and excessive cancer susceptibility. A research group has found that adult stem cells (which can replace the cells in your body as you age) degrade with age through a different mechanism- and that mechanism can apparently be reversed. It’s pretty easy to imagine incredible applications for a technique like that…