Our body has evolved to harbour senescent cells for a number of reasons – they’re involved in everything from childbirth to wound healing - iStockphoto At last year’s British Society for Research on ...

Ageing was long thought to be inevitable, but treatment to forestall it is increasingly argued to be feasible. Of particular interest for such treatments are the ‘senescent’ cells that accumulate with ...

Multiple researchers at the Jackson Laboratory (JAX) are taking part in an ambitious research program spanning several top research institutions to study senescent cells. Senescent cells stop dividing ...

A new research paper titled "Gene expression signatures of human senescent corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells" has been published in Aging. In this new study, researchers Koji Kitazawa, Akifumi ...

Macrophages are a type of white blood cell that are among the body's first line of defense against infection. In addition to killing harmful microorganisms, macrophages typically can initiate a ...

Aged and frail people often suffer a decline in tissue reserve capacity during aging. This reserve, called resilience, helps the body maintain homeostasis through various defense, compensation, ...

Scientists Reappraise the Role of “Zombie” Cells that Anti-Aging Medicine Has Sought to Eliminate Not all senescent cells are harmful “zombies” that should be wiped out to prevent age-related disease, ...

Illustration of CAR (chimeric antigen receptor) T cell immunotherapy, a process that is being developed to treat cancer. T cells (blue), part of the body's immune system, are taken from the patient ...

Researchers are bridging mouse and human data to reveal the biology of senescent cells. Senescent cells stop dividing in response to stressors and seemingly have a role to play in human health and the ...

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, have existed in the human body as a seeming paradox, causing inflammation ...

According to the latest statistics from the National Cancer Institute, more than 60% of cancer patients are 65 or older and the median age at diagnosis is 66. In fact, age is the largest risk factor ...