291 | Venki Ramakrishnan on the Biology of Death and Aging

4166.218 - 4194.712 Venki Ramakrishnan

Well, cellular reprogramming is, you know, I mentioned how you start with a fertilized egg and it slowly develops. And as it develops, the cells become more and more differentiated into different types. And And eventually you still have stem cells, but then those stem cells are differentiating into the final tissue. Those final tissues can only divide a certain number of times and then they die.