For some, January is a time for resolutions, with the goal often tied to being fitter and healthier. And increasingly this ...

The researchers found that clearing away damaged but undying brain cells (known as zombie cells) in mouse models of epilepsy ...

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 ...

Under healthy conditions, the intestinal epithelium fully renews itself every three to five days. Aging and exposure to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Senolytics, drugs that remove senescent cells from the body, are proving effective in clinical studies, showing the ability to restore damaged tissue to prior levels of function. While not the fabled ...

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 ...

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 are unraveling the role of senescent cells in a common form of epilepsy, and it could point to new treatments.