A new study of the blood of one of the world’s oldest women, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, supports what we have hypothesized for a long time: Human beings run out of adult stem cells. This is the likely cause of death in the oldest old – supercentenarians whose healthy immune systems have prevented cancer and other… read more
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Telomeres: Very Important to Stem Cells
Many participants in the recent LivingTheCRWay stem cell teleconference have expressed their appreciation for the presentation of the experts from NeoStem. The upcoming teleconference on telomeres, featuring Dr. Jerry Shay, will also be very important in part because of the importance of telomeres to stem cell health. Short telomeres are associated with many disease states,… read more