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Old Donor Hearts Grow Biologically Younger in Younger Recipients
Original: Old Hearts Become Biologically Younger When Transplanted Into Younger People
A new finding reports that hearts transplanted from older donors into younger recipients become biologically younger, suggesting the heart's cellular age can be influenced by its host environment. Researchers say this reverses previous assumptions that organ aging is fixed and irreversible. The result may reshape how donor organs are matched and could inform future research into slowing organ aging.
Why now: New research suggesting transplanted organs can biologically reverse aging challenges long-held assumptions about organ age and transplantation.
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