July 18, 2024
In Aging Cell, researchers have published their findings into why the inflammatory factor IL-6 inhibits cancerous tumors when generated inside the cell. IL-6 affects both senescence and cancer proliferation Why We Age: Cellular SenescenceAs your body ages, more of your cells become senescent. Senescent cells do not divide or support the tissues of which they...
August 07, 2023
Scientists publishing in Nature have explained a key pathway that leads to immune dysfunction and neurodegeneration in aging. Feeling the STING Throughout this paper, the researchers cite other papers demonstrating a cause-and-effect relationship between initial damage and long-term effects. Perturbed mitochondria release their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) into the internal liquid (cytosol) of microglia, the helper...
