Tag: Cancer-research

• Research identifies protein behind side effects of cellular senescence

  Cellular senescence is a state in which normal healthy cells do not have the ability to divide. Senescence can occur when cancer-causing genes are activated in normal cells or when chemotherapy is used on cancer cells. Thus, senescence induces a mechanism that halts the growth of rapidly dividing cells. Once thought to only be beneficial…

  Sreeram Penna

  November 1, 2016