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|'''Cells from middle-aged people reprogrammed back to youthful state'''

[[File:Fibroplast.jpg|center|thumb| https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/13/2091267/-Cells-from-middle-aged-people-reprogrammed-back-to-youthful-state by Syralyk 4/13/2022 DailyKos

A group of researchers in the UK has found a way to rewind the effective biological age of human cells by about 30 years without causing them to lose their functional identity. They took dermal fibroblast cells from middle-aged humans and reset the controls to make them behave like cells from a 20-something. This is the first time such a thing has been done, and it carries substantial weight for anti-aging and regenerative therapies.

|'''Our food system isn't ready for the climate crisis'''

[[File:Seed-vault.jpg |center|thumb| https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2022/apr/14/climate-crisis-food-systems-not-ready-biodiversity by Nina Lakhani, Alvin Chang, Rita Liu, and Andrew Witherspoon 4/14/2022 The Guardian]

The climate breakdown is already threatening many of our favorite foods. In Asia, rice fields are being flooded with saltwater; cyclones have wiped out vanilla crops in Madagascar; in Central America higher temperatures ripen coffee too quickly; drought in sub–Saharan Africa is withering chickpea crops; and rising ocean acidity is killing oysters and scallops in American waters.

All our food systems – agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture – are buckling under the stress of rising temperatures, wildfires, droughts, and floods.

Even in the best-case scenario, global heating is expected to make the earth less suitable for the crops that provide most of our calories. If no action is taken to curtail the climate crisis, crop losses will be devastating.

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+|'''Cells from middle-aged people reprogrammed back to youthful state'''
+[[File:Fibroplast.jpg|center|thumb| https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/13/2091267/-Cells-from-middle-aged-people-reprogrammed-back-to-youthful-state by Syralyk 4/13/2022 DailyKos
+ A group of researchers in the UK has found a way to rewind the effective biological age of human cells by about 30 years without causing them to lose their functional identity.  They took dermal fibroblast cells from middle-aged humans and reset the controls to make them behave like cells from a 20-something.  This is the first time such a thing has been done, and it carries substantial weight for anti-aging and regenerative therapies.
+|'''Our food system isn't ready for the climate crisis'''
+[[File:Seed-vault.jpg |center|thumb| https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2022/apr/14/climate-crisis-food-systems-not-ready-biodiversity by Nina Lakhani, Alvin Chang, Rita Liu, and Andrew Witherspoon 4/14/2022 The Guardian]
+ The climate breakdown is already threatening many of our favorite foods. In Asia, rice fields are being flooded with saltwater; cyclones have wiped out vanilla crops in Madagascar; in Central America higher temperatures ripen coffee too quickly; drought in sub–Saharan Africa is withering chickpea crops; and rising ocean acidity is killing oysters and scallops in American waters.
+ All our food systems – agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture – are buckling under the stress of rising temperatures, wildfires, droughts, and floods.
+ Even in the best-case scenario, global heating is expected to make the earth less suitable for the crops that provide most of our calories. If no action is taken to curtail the climate crisis, crop losses will be devastating.
+|}
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