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between young and old mice. And so people, then, in the aging field wondered, what if we would expose an old organism– specifically old stem cells– to a young circulation– to factors from the young ...

Gut microbes from aged mice induce inflammation in young mice, study finds Date: June 10, 2024 Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau Summary: When scientists transplanted ...