Stem Cells Are Doing a Little Spring Cleaning, Too

New findings from a team of scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have determined that stem cells undergo a type of “spring cleaning” that readies them for replacing aging or damaged nerves cells. Without a protein that governs the internal cleaning, called FIP200, stem cells suffer damage from their own waste products and lose their ability to turn inro other types of cells. Click here to read the full story.