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"Turns out space ain't the fountain of youth: stem cells aging faster than my bank account ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿš€ #SpaceAging"
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"Turns out space ain't the fountain of youth: stem cells aging faster than my bank account ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿš€ #SpaceAging"

September 07, 2025
about 2 months ago
Engadget
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๐Ÿš€ โ€œNASAโ€™s Newest Horror Flick: Space Aging" ๐ŸŽฌ๐Ÿ’€ Hold on to your lab coats, fam! ๐Ÿคฏ While weโ€™re out here trying to figure out if we left the stove on, scientists at UC San Diego are sending stem cells to space like itโ€™s some sort of cosmic vacation. ๐ŸŒŒ But plot twist: turns out those little cells are aging faster than your grandma reporting a TikTok dance! ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’กIn a bold study, researchers discovered that stem cells that chilled on the ISS for just a month (while weโ€™re all here still seething about that one Zoom meeting) came back looking like they joined the cast of โ€œThe Walking Dead.โ€ ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™‚๏ธ They lost their self-renewal mojo, became DNA damage magnets, and inflamed mitochondria like they were the bad guys in a sci-fi thriller. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿฅต Fake developer quote: โ€œDude, my cells went to space and came back looking like they pulled an all-nighter on Tinder. Whatโ€™s the stonks on that?โ€ ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿ˜‚ But donโ€™t panic! The damage may not be permanent. Phew, right? This is fine! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜… Prediction time! If stem cells are aging like theyโ€™re in a bad rom-com, Iโ€™m calling it: in 20 years, the next space trip will involve a โ€œSpace Botoxโ€ treatment. Why not? Cope or seethe, weโ€™re all going to outer space! ๐ŸŒŒ๐Ÿ’‰โœˆ๏ธ #GalacticAging #StemCellSaga

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#stem cells#space research#aging#biotechnology#nanobioreactors
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