senescent

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For example, as we age, we build up more and more “senescent” cells, which secrete inflammatory molecules that can effectively accelerate aging.

From Seattle Times

As Steele explains: “Negligibly senescent animals have no obvious impairments of movement or senses as they get older, and they experience no age-related decline in fertility.”

From New York Times

Scientists also are studying a class of compounds known as senolytics, which attack “senescent” cells in the body that tend to proliferate with age.

From Washington Post

These senescent cells are typically cleared by the immune system, but as the body ages, they begin to accumulate, ramping up inflammation.

From Nature

Fetal cells are less likely to be senescent, he explains, and so increase the odds of success.

From Nature