The objective of the senolytic ‘drugs’ is not so much to extend the human lifespan as to extend the ‘healthspan’ – the period during which a person can live a life largely free of disease or other impairments. — 123rf.com
Ageing might be perfectly natural. But as experienced by the human body, it is beginning to look more and more like a disease – and a treatable one at that.
In a new study, scientists reveal ageing to be a process set in motion by the rise of malign forces called senescent cells, which progressively hijack the body and take it on a nightmarish joyride.
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