New Hope for Tackling Signs of Aging in the Future

A new advance in biomedical research could have potential in the future to assist with tackling diseases and conditions associated with aging– as well as in treating cancer.

 

The team carried out the study to find new ways of identifying old cells, called "senescent," in the body, which when accumulated in human tissue and contribute to symptoms of ageing. Old cells can also appear as a result of the activation of the internal anti-cancer mechanisms of the human body.

 

The team has found a series of markers that help to detect senescent cells that could also be used to predict increased survival in certain types of cancer.  

 

The research coordinated by Dr. Salvador Macip from the Mechanisms of Cancer and Aging Lab, which has shown promise in clinical samples, has been published in Cell Death and Disease.

 

Source: University of Leicester [1]