Reacción a "Detected patterns of change in blood cells with age, which could be used to develop anti-ageing therapies"

This is an excellent study, with exceptional technical quality and a high degree of conceptual innovation.

The study describes a new single-cell methodology based on epigenetics to better understand cell maturation from stem cells and how this process is altered during ageing and can lead to diseases such as cancer.

[Regarding potential limitations] As with any novel study, the promises outweigh the limitations. This work paves the way for other researchers in multiple fields of biomedicine. For now, no clinical applications are anticipated, but its potential for research is enormous.