Rejuvenating the Home of Blood Stem Cells (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Rejuvenating the Home of Blood Stem Cells

Caption

An inflammatory signal released from old bone marrow, IL-1B, was critical in driving aging in blood stem cells. A drug, anakinra, returned the blood stem cells to a younger, healthier state. Young (top) and old bone marrow (bottom).

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CUIMC (Emmanuelle Passegue lab)

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