These same genes may also maintain long-term stem cell functions. Stem cells can divide and renew themselves over a long period of time and are kind of like a skeleton key.

However, the researchers noticed the fruit flies’ lifespans extended when HRJDs were expressed in intestinal stem cell lineages after development. “HRJDs promoted greater intestinal stem cell division ...

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Studer's team, for example, began looking at stem cells to treat brain diseases more than 25 years ago. "For us, it's quite an exciting time," he says, "finally seeing some of the fruit of that work." ...