Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Radiotherapy and chemotherapy not only kill tumor cells, but they also induce senescence in tumor and niche ...

Short of stumbling onto a genie or the Fountain of Youth, most of us accept aging as an inevitable part of life – but maybe it doesn't have to be. An emerging class of drugs called senolytics has been ...

Cellular senescence refers to a state of irreversible arrest of cell proliferation. It was first described by Hayflick and colleagues in the 1960s when they observed cessation of cell proliferation ...

Anti-aging drugs that remove harmful cells from our bodies could treat a range of diseases that plague the elderly. Getting old means fighting a war you’ll never win. Our bodies already battle for us ...

If creaky old humans were more like dilapidated old kitchens, rejuvenation would be as simple as replacing cracked and faded Formica with gleaming new granite. But perhaps, a booming new scientific ...

For the past quarter century, scientists battled Alzheimer’s disease under a single guiding principle: that protein clumps—beta-amyloid—deposited outside sensitive brain cells gradually damage ...

Senescent cells are colloquially known as "zombie cells" among scientists, due to their lingering presence in the body, which can lead to detrimental effects on surrounding healthy cells. The ...

A new pilot study known as STAMINA (Senolytics To Alleviate Mobility Issues and Neurological Impairments in Aging), that focused on the effects of senolytic medications, Dasatinib and Quercetin (DQ), ...

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Longevity research always reminds me of the parable of blind men and an elephant. A group of blind men, who’ve never seen an elephant before, each touches a different part of the elephant’s body to ...