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From restoration to regeneration: periodontal aging and opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
Periodontology 2000 - 1 Oct 2016
Huang Lan, Salmon Benjamin, Yin Xing, Helms Jill A
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With the march of time our bodies start to wear out: eyesight fades, skin loses its elasticity, teeth and bones become more brittle and injuries heal more slowly. These universal features of aging can be traced back to our stem cells. Aging has a profound effect on stem cells: DNA mutations naturally accumulate over time and our bodies have evolved highly specialized mechanisms to remove these damaged cells....
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