How exercise rejuvenates aging stem cells: a Q&A with Dr. Thomas Rando (Broad Stem Cell Research Center)

Dr. Thomas Rando | Credit: Timothy Archibald/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center

April 19, 2023

In this Q&A, Dr. Thomas Rando, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, and a professor of in the UCLA Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, explains the findings of his collaborative research on how exercise rejuvenates stem cells, a potential basis for treatments that could prevent diseases of old age.

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