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