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Aging and regeneration in vertebrates

Konstantinos Sousounis1, Joelle A Baddour2, Panagiotis A Tsonis1

  • 1Department of Biology and Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, USA.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology
|February 12, 2014
PubMed
Summary

Aging reduces the regenerative abilities of stem cells in vertebrates. This review explores age-related stem cell decline and its impact on tissue repair, offering insights from species with high regenerative capacity.

Keywords:
AgingAging-related diseaseRegenerationStem cell function

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