New Muscle (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

New Muscle

Caption

Shown above is muscle tissue from a young mouse. On the right side are healthy, new cells created to replace damaged tissue. This ability to regenerate new cells diminishes with age.

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Photo courtesy of Morgan Carlson and Irina Conboy, UC Berkeley

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