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senescent

[si-nes-uhnt] / sɪˈnɛs ənt /


ADJECTIVE
obsolescent
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Rather than simply confirming that senescent cells play a role in aging, the studies investigate how to recognize different types of these cells, why they produce harmful inflammation and how their effects might be reduced.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Its goal is to document where senescent cells occur in different tissues and how they change throughout a person's lifetime.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

It uses patterns of gene activity to identify senescent cells more consistently across tissues and experimental systems.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Their characteristics differ depending on where they are located in the body and which biological processes caused them to become senescent.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

In one thin arm, threaded with veins in a kind of senescent bas-relief, was a basket.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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