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

Aging is no longer viewed only as an inevitable slide toward frailty, but as a biological process that can be measured, ...

KYOTO--A research team from Kyoto University and other institutions has discovered a drug that selectively kills and eliminates only senescent cells, which are involved in the aging process.

Senescent skin cells—sometimes dubbed "zombie cells"—have long posed a paradox. These cells, which stop dividing yet refuse to die, can aid in wound healing and immune responses but also drive chronic ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new way of telling aged human cells apart from younger ones using electric fields. While key markers have been found for these senescent ...

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

For decades, aging has looked like an unavoidable slide into frailty, driven in part by an immune system that slowly loses ...

At times, aging doesn’t become evident in wrinkles or in gray hair, it occurs deep inside your body, in cells that have ceased to divide but are still alive. These “zombie cells,” or senescent cells ...

When it comes to treating disease, one promising avenue is addressing the presence of senescent cells. These cells - also known as "zombie cells" - stop dividing but don't die off as cells typically ...

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 ...