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Senescence: or biological aging is the gradual deterioration of functional characteristics. Senescence is the inevitable fate of all multicellular organisms with germ-soma separation, but it can be delayed.
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MAR 19, 2025Genetics & Genomics
As our bodies grow, cells proliferate to form tissues, and cells frequently have to be repaired or replaced throughout l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
There are different theories of aging, and scientists have found various ways to measure biological age. Mutations that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about genomic sequences that are transcribed but never translated into protein, and once w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2024Immunology
Summary: Engineered immune cells, known as T cells, were found to eliminate anti-immune cells connected to age-associate ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJAN 25, 2024Immunology
Chemotherapy has long been the gold standard for cancer treatment since its inception in the 1950s. Chemotherapy is a tr ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeOCT 18, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Broadly, we know what aging is; our bodies get older as time goes on and they begin to decline in a variety of ways. Fro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
In major depressive disorder (MDD), symptoms of sadness and serious loss of interest can persist for lengthy periods of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2022Health & Medicine
The population of the world is aging, and with that aging will come many health problems. But a new study has identified ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The size of cells can vary widely from one species to another; the cells of phytoplankton are about one micron while fro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers may have identified a new treatment target for a deadly form of brain cancer. Inhibiting an enzyme called PR ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Israel have found that hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) in healthy aging adults can prevent blood ce ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the years, the molecule nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has gone from being a player in some biochemical p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2020Cancer
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is known to be a risk factor for liver cancer because of an excess of fat accumulation ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 15, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal eLife questions the way we think about skin cancer. Focused on mole growth, the st ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 11, 2020Cancer
Chemotherapy is a life-saving discovery for cancer patients. One of its biggest drawbacks is the toxicity that comes wit ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUL 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The children of older mothers tend to have fewer children and have higher mortality. So why is it still biologically pos ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2020Cancer
New research published in Genes and Development has identified one of the mysteries of aging. According to scientists at ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2019Cancer
New research published in Nature Metabolism proposes using an already existing drug – a cardiac glycoside called o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 07, 2019Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Aging Cell highlights the complexities of the interactions that occur during ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 30, 2019Cancer
We all do it every day, but there’s still so much we don’t understand about it. I’m talking about agin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 28, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Our bodies are made up of trillions and cells, and millions of them die every day.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2019Cancer
Ovarian cancer affects roughly 1 in 78 women and although survival rates are high (over 90%) with early diagnosis, we cu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 16, 2019Cancer
The efforts to overcome cancer’s ability to evolve and resist treatment take many forms and comprise a vital and a ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 07, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in the journal EBioMedicine, the very first results on the treatment of a deadly age-rela ...Written By: Nouran Amin
MAR 19, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
As our bodies grow, cells proliferate to form tissues, and cells frequently have to be repaired or replaced throughout l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are different theories of aging, and scientists have found various ways to measure biological age. Mutations that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about genomic sequences that are transcribed but never translated into protein, and once w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2024
Immunology
Summary: Engineered immune cells, known as T cells, were found to eliminate anti-immune cells connected to age-associate
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JAN 25, 2024
Immunology
Chemotherapy has long been the gold standard for cancer treatment since its inception in the 1950s. Chemotherapy is a tr
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
OCT 18, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Broadly, we know what aging is; our bodies get older as time goes on and they begin to decline in a variety of ways. Fro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
In major depressive disorder (MDD), symptoms of sadness and serious loss of interest can persist for lengthy periods of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2022
Health & Medicine
The population of the world is aging, and with that aging will come many health problems. But a new study has identified
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The size of cells can vary widely from one species to another; the cells of phytoplankton are about one micron while fro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers may have identified a new treatment target for a deadly form of brain cancer. Inhibiting an enzyme called PR
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Israel have found that hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) in healthy aging adults can prevent blood ce
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the years, the molecule nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has gone from being a player in some biochemical p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2020
Cancer
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is known to be a risk factor for liver cancer because of an excess of fat accumulation
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 15, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal eLife questions the way we think about skin cancer. Focused on mole growth, the st
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 11, 2020
Cancer
Chemotherapy is a life-saving discovery for cancer patients. One of its biggest drawbacks is the toxicity that comes wit
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUL 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The children of older mothers tend to have fewer children and have higher mortality. So why is it still biologically pos
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2020
Cancer
New research published in Genes and Development has identified one of the mysteries of aging. According to scientists at
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2019
Cancer
New research published in Nature Metabolism proposes using an already existing drug – a cardiac glycoside called o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 07, 2019
Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Aging Cell highlights the complexities of the interactions that occur during
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 30, 2019
Cancer
We all do it every day, but there’s still so much we don’t understand about it. I’m talking about agin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 28, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our bodies are made up of trillions and cells, and millions of them die every day.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2019
Cancer
Ovarian cancer affects roughly 1 in 78 women and although survival rates are high (over 90%) with early diagnosis, we cu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 16, 2019
Cancer
The efforts to overcome cancer’s ability to evolve and resist treatment take many forms and comprise a vital and a
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 07, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in the journal EBioMedicine, the very first results on the treatment of a deadly age-rela
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin