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Can Your Brain Grow New Cells as You Age? Science Says Yes
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Can Your Brain Grow New Cells as You Age? Science Says Yes

For decades, medical textbooks declared that adults cannot grow new brain cells. Once your neurons died, that was it. But a landmark study from Karolinska Institutet has overturned this long-held belief, showing that adults—even into their late seventies—can generate new neurons in the hippocampus, the brain’s center for memory and learning. This finding not only…

Aging Sparks Fat-Producing Cells That Grow Your Waistline
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Aging Sparks Fat-Producing Cells That Grow Your Waistline

Middle age brings many changes, but few are as frustrating as watching your waistline expand despite eating the same foods and maintaining similar activity levels. New research from City of Hope and UCLA has finally solved part of this puzzle. Scientists discovered that aging fat-making cells called CP-As emerge in middle age and actively pump…