Radiocarbon dating of the human eye lens crystallines reveal proteins without carbon turnover throughout life.

<h4>Background</h4>Lens crystallines are special proteins in the eye lens. Because the epithelial basement membrane (lens capsule) completely encloses the lens, desquamation of aging cells is impossible, and due to the complete absence of blood vessels or transport of metabolites in this...

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Auteurs principaux: Niels Lynnerup, Henrik Kjeldsen, Steffen Heegaard, Christina Jacobsen, Jan Heinemeier
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Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008
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