A good night’s sleep keeps your stem cells young – Medical Xpress
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A good night’s sleep keeps your stem cells young
Medical Xpress After waking up the hematopoietic stem cells, bone marrow of normal mice (left) is packed with blood cells whereas the bone marrow of Fanconi mice is severely depleted, the blood cells have been replaced by fat cells. Credit: Michael Milsom, DKFZ. German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)EurekAlert (press release) |
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A good night’s sleep keeps your stem cells young
Medical Xpress After waking up the hematopoietic stem cells, bone marrow of normal mice (left) is packed with blood cells whereas the bone marrow of Fanconi mice is severely depleted, the blood cells have been replaced by fat cells. Credit: Michael Milsom, DKFZ. German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)EurekAlert (press release) |
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German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)
EurekAlert (press release) However, under conditions of stress, such as during chronic blood loss or infection, hematopoietic stem cells are driven into a state of rapid cell division in order to produce new blood cells and repair the damaged tissue. “It’s like forcing you out … |
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German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)
EurekAlert (press release) However, under conditions of stress, such as during chronic blood loss or infection, hematopoietic stem cells are driven into a state of rapid cell division in order to produce new blood cells and repair the damaged tissue. “It’s like forcing you out … |