Leaving Trash with Moms Keeps Daughters Young

2,287 views · Published 21 January 2010 · 4:29 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: Cell Press · 2010 · Science & Technology

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In budding yeast, damaged and aggregated proteins segregate into the mother cell during cell division, leaving the newly budded daughter with a fresh start. This unequal distribution of damaged goods is thought to contribute to the aging process. Watch and listen as Thomas Nyström and Beidong Liu take you on a brief, personally guided tour of their findings on the polarity machinery that enables daughter cells to leave all their trash with their mothers.

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