senescent
IPA: sʌnˈɛsʌnt
adjective
- Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
- Characteristic of old age.
- (cytology, of a cell) That ceases to divide.
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Examples of "senescent" in Sentences
- When they get too short, the cell no longer can divide and becomes inactive or "senescent" or dies.
- Scientists are closing in on the mechanism of what are called "senescent cells," which cause the tissue deterioration responsible for aging.
- For the first time, scientists showed in mice that removing a type of aging cell from the body that has stopped dividing -- known as a senescent cell -- can delay or prevent age-related health issues.
- Using a complex “systems biology” approach, the researchers, in conjunction with scientists from the University of Ulm in Germany, had set out to discover why cells become senescent, or, in other words, grow old.
- Reporting in the journal Nature, researchers from the Mayo Clinic have found a way to clear away what are called senescent cells, which are cells that have stopped dividing and build up as people and animals age. senescent cells are so bad for the body:
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