Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Are you getting older? Or are you getting Old?


Scientist from the UK and Germany have made a breakthrough regarding the ageing process. The YogueIN version of their study is that cells realize they are damaged and decide to either stop dividing or to destroy themselves all together. This decision is the cells way of trying to prevent illnesses like cancer and other often age related illnesses. Scientist use to think that a different part of a cell was causing us to get old.

They are confident that their findings will help as they work to develop future drugs and cures.

If you're curious about what your cells are up to... the mirror or the stairs in your house will tell you the types of decisions they have been making lately.

Read the full article here

No comments:

Post a Comment