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Stowers Institute's Xie Lab demonstrates dual intrinsic and extrinsic control of stem cell aging
10-10-2007 · EurekAlert!The Stowers Institute's Xie Lab has published recent findings that reveal some of the factors underlying the aging of stem cells. The paper, 'Stem Cell Aging is Controlled both Intrinsically and Extrinsically in the Drosophila Ovary,' was published in the Oct. 11 issue of Cell Stem Cell. Lei Pan, Predoctoral Researcher, and Ting Xie, Ph.D., Associate Investigator, are the paper’s first and last authors, respectively.
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