{"id":226318,"date":"2025-12-02T12:08:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/scientists-discover-a-way-to-recharge-aging-human-cells"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:08:24","slug":"scientists-discover-a-way-to-recharge-aging-human-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/scientists-discover-a-way-to-recharge-aging-human-cells","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discover a Way to \u2018Recharge\u2019 Aging Human Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-a-way-to-recharge-aging-human-cells.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New research shows how human cells can be effectively \u2018recharged\u2019 by replacing their internal batteries \u2013 microscopic power stations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/your-cells-powerhouses-are-secretly-helping-fight-bacteria-study-finds\">called mitochondria<\/a> \u2013 and the discovery could have wide-ranging benefits across healthcare and medical treatments.<\/p>\n<p>The stacks of mitochondria in most of our cells naturally decline in numbers, slow down, and wear out with age. Once they start operating below peak capacity, they can contribute to multiple diseases everywhere from the heart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/key-parkinsons-protein-structure-and-malfunction-revealed-for-first-time\">to the brain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this latest study, researchers from Texas A&amp;M University used special flower-shaped particles called nanoflowers to scavenge damaging oxygen molecules, triggering genes that increase the number of mitochondria in human <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/stem-cells\">stem cells<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research shows how human cells can be effectively \u2018recharged\u2019 by replacing their internal batteries \u2013 microscopic power stations called mitochondria \u2013 and the discovery could have wide-ranging benefits across healthcare and medical treatments. The stacks of mitochondria in most of our cells naturally decline in numbers, slow down, and wear out with age. Once [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}