Researchers identify new mitochondrial pathway critical to aging.

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a new molecular pathway critical to aging, and confirmed that the process can be manipulated to help make old blood like new again.  The researchers found that blood stem cells’ ability to repair damage caused by inappropriate protein folding in the mitochondria, a cell’s energy station, is critical to their survival and regenerative capacity.  The discovery, … Continue reading Researchers identify new mitochondrial pathway critical to aging.