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Three-nation research to examine relationships between social factors and epigenetics

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million National Institute on Aging grant to USC’s Eileen Crimmins supports collaboration of large studies in US, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to answer questions about how life circumstances affect gene expression and health.

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Discovery of aging mechanism for hematopoietic stem cells

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Limited rejuvenation of aged hematopoietic stem cells in young bone marrow niche Credit: ©Atsushi IWAMA, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo By transferring mouse aged hematopoietic stem cells (aged HSCs, *1) to the environment of young mice (bone marrow niche, *2), it was demonstrated that the pattern of stem cell gene expression (..)