#015 Buffering the Negative Effects of Chronic Stress with Meditation
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Stem Cells Age Slower Than Other Cells
Stem cells are what repopulate any given cell population in an organ so depletion of stem cells ultimately lead to organ dysfunction. Stem cells do age slower than most other cells in our tissues for a couple of reasons first is because they have an enzyme that is active called telomerase which is able to rebuild the short telomeres by adding DNA nucleotides onto the end of the telomere. For this reason telomeres on stem cells tend to be longer than then non stem cells.
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