Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers find that older adults suffering from depression age faster than their peers
Older adults with depression are actually aging faster than their peers, UConn Center on Aging researchers report.
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News tagged with senescent cells
Genetics
Study: Senescence-associated exosomes transfer fibrosis to neighboring cells
A new research paper, titled "Senescence-associated exosomes transfer miRNA-induced fibrosis to neighboring cells," was published in Aging.
Mar 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Cellular senescence plays a significant role in cerebral tumors
Glioblastomas are the most common malignant tumors of the adult brain. They resist conventional treatment, including surgery, followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Despite this armamentarium, glioblastomas inexorably ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Medical research
Clearance of p16Ink4a+ cells: Limited effects on β-cell mass and proliferation in mice
A new research paper titled "Clearance of p16Ink4a-positive cells in a mouse transgenic model does not change β-cell mass and has limited effects on their proliferative capacity" has been published in Aging.
Jan 31, 2023
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Neuroscience
'Single-cell profiling' shows how disease affects brain cell types and identifies potentially targetable pathways
After decades of fundamental scientific and drug discovery research, Alzheimer's disease has remained inscrutable and incurable, with a bare minimum of therapeutic progress. But in a new review article in Nature Neuroscience, ...
Jan 3, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study reveals why immunotherapies don't work on hardest-to-treat breast cancers
Thanks to advances in cancer therapies, most forms of breast cancer are highly treatable, especially when caught early.
Dec 15, 2022
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Neuroscience
Deteriorating neurons are source of human brain inflammation in Alzheimer's disease
Despite decades of research, Alzheimer's disease remains a debilitating and eventually fatal dementia with no effective treatment options. More than 95 percent of Alzheimer's disease cases have no known origin. Now, scientists ...
Dec 1, 2022
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Medical research
Vaccination with senescent cells reduces tumor formation in mice
Cells that have permanently stopped multiplying, so-called senescent cells, could play an important role in the fight against cancer, according to a new study in mice by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and IRB Barcelona. ...
Nov 3, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeting epiregulin in treatment-damaged tumor microenvironment restrains therapeutic resistance
A recent study published in Oncogene and led by Dr. Sun Yu's group at Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (SINH) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the roles and functional mechanisms of senescence-associated ...
Oct 25, 2022
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Zombie cells central to the quest for active, vital old age
In an unfinished part of his basement, 95-year-old Richard Soller zips around a makeshift track encircling boxes full of medals he's won for track and field and long-distance running.
Aug 31, 2022
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