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Transplanted hearts appear to age backwards, study suggests
Original: Old hearts age backwards: transplanted organs adjust to host's biological age
Research reported by Nature suggests transplanted hearts do not simply age on their own clock: instead, transplanted organs adjust to the biological age of the recipient's body. In effect, an older donor heart placed in a younger patient may become biologically younger, reversing aspects of its ageing. The finding could reshape how donor-recipient matching and long-term transplant outcomes are understood.
Why now: The counterintuitive finding that organs adapt to a host's biological age challenges assumptions about organ ageing and transplant medicine.
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