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From stem to stern

Nature volume 449, pages 288–291 (2007)Cite this article

Immortality is the stuff of myth and legend, but lifespan extension is the subject of serious scientific inquiry. Exploring the causes and effects of ageing in stem cells should aid this quest.

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Figure 1: Interplay between factors and networks influencing ageing.

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  1. Anne Brunet is in the Department of Genetics, and Thomas A. Rando is in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. anne.brunet@stanford.edu rando@stanford.edu,

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