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Aging
Researchers from University of California provide details of new studies and findings in the area of aging
April 21st, 2009
"The notion that there might be a cellular basis for aging stems from research that began several decades ago and was proposed to explain the loss of proliferative homeostasis, which is a hallmark of complex animals. Recent years have seen growing support for the idea that two cell fates-apoptosis and cellular senescence, both now well-established tumor suppressor mechanisms-may be important drivers of aging phenotypes and age-related disease," scientists in the United States report. "However, there remain many unanswered questions, some quite basic, about how these processes change with age and how they might contribute to aging. It is now clear that failures in...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-21)
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