After spending the last years of my life pondering on aging and working with people at the end of their lives, I welcomed the challenge of turning one fertilized egg into an adult. This marathon is not over yet. For reasons unknown to me, it is unusual to be interested in longevity while being female.…… Continue reading What pregnancy taught me about aging
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Immunotherapy for senescent cell removal – lessons from human embryo development and other species
For a long time I had this simplistic view that senescent cells accumulate with age, contributing to many age-related degenerative diseases through the sterile inflammation and regeneration impairment they cause. I also thought their removal with the help of drugs is the only possible solution to get rid of them. Destroying senescent cells shouldn’t be…… Continue reading Immunotherapy for senescent cell removal – lessons from human embryo development and other species
How to engineer negligible senescence in humans – part V ApoptoSENS
Where does aging start? There is something inside us that makes us frailer as we count more years – in the beginning we will feel more tired, afterwards we may see our first wrinkles and our graying hair. What’s going on? Where does this time bomb start? Which is the first to age: the body…… Continue reading How to engineer negligible senescence in humans – part V ApoptoSENS