{"id":245673,"date":"2026-10-19T23:16:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T04:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/old-blood-cells-have-been-transformed-into-brain-stem-cells-that-get-younger-as-they-age"},"modified":"2026-10-19T23:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T04:16:42","slug":"old-blood-cells-have-been-transformed-into-brain-stem-cells-that-get-younger-as-they-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/old-blood-cells-have-been-transformed-into-brain-stem-cells-that-get-younger-as-they-age","title":{"rendered":"Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger As They Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/old-blood-cells-have-been-transformed-into-brain-stem-cells-that-get-younger-as-they-age.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/study-reveals-a-turning-point-when-your-bodys-aging-accelerates\">Aging<\/a> is the price paid for the ability of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/what-if-the-brain-doesnt-create-consciousness-scientist-proposes-it-might-be-the-fabric-of-reality-itself\">experiencing existence<\/a>, one might philosophize.<\/p>\n<p>Natural cellular aging begins with differentiation. Once a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/stem-cells\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">stem cell<\/a> becomes a specific cell type, it\u2019s locked in forever: fat cells can never become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/new-trial-compared-muscle-gains-in-vegetarians-and-meat-eaters-one-difference-stood-out\">muscle<\/a> cells, no matter how hard one wishes, or pokes and prods at them in front of the mirror.<\/p>\n<p>Or so it goes in nature, but scientists can definitely transform cells, as if biologically compensating for all the failed alchemical attempts of the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aging is the price paid for the ability of experiencing existence, one might philosophize. Natural cellular aging begins with differentiation. Once a stem cell becomes a specific cell type, it\u2019s locked in forever: fat cells can never become muscle cells, no matter how hard one wishes, or pokes and prods at them in front of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245673","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\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}