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Published online 27 April 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060424-11
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Wrinkled cell nuclei may make us age
Blocking a aberrant protein could keep cells pert and young.
In the continued quest to pinpoint the molecules that turn us wrinkly and grey, some scientists are beginning to think that the walls of the cell nucleus might play an important role.
A new study shows that cells from people over the age of 80 tend to have specific problems with the nucleus that young children's cells do not.
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