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Anti-aging drugs seek to eliminate ‘zombie’ cells – but could that be dangerous?

Senescent cells are distinguished by the fact that they eventually stop multiplying but do not die as expected. Senescent cells help heal damaged tissue According to a recent study from the University of California, San Francisco, not all senescent cells are harmful “zombies” that must be eliminated to avoid age-related diseases. Instead, some of them …

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Increasing production of custom immune cells for drug development and testing

Increasing production of custom immune cells for drug development and testing

To prevent animal testing and create even more accurate ways to test therapeutics, the pharmaceutical industry is increasingly turning to human immune cells. However, the availability of cells like these has been limited to date. Now, Fraunhofer researchers have succeeded in taking the production of personalized immune cells from the laboratory to the industrial level. …

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