AI detects signs of aging in blood stem cells from nuclear images

by IDIBELL-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute

edited by Gaby Clark , reviewed by Robert Egan

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Add as preferred source Aged and young stem cells distinguished thanks to chromatin architecture analysis by ChromAgeNet . Credit: Dr. Eva Mejía / IDIBELL Aging progressively affects how our bodies function. Among other effects, it reduces the ability of the hematopoietic system—the organs and tissues responsible for producing blood cells—to maintain adequate blood cell production. Understanding and measuring this process is especially important for studying how blood stem cells age and identifying ways to preserve or restore their function.