FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·April 16, 2026·8 min readCell Death Protein Silently Ages Your BloodResearchers have discovered that the "cell death" protein MLKL actually causes blood stem cells to age by damaging their mitochondria. Deactivating this pathway could lead to new therapies to keep our immune systems young.Read More
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