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So they release lipopolysaccharide and that somehow keeps cells alive? Can someone eli5 what this suggests?

• darkkindness 7y ago
  If I understand what you're suggesting, lipopolysaccharide doesn't make cells immortal. It just does the equivalent of making it not work when you hold down the power button to power cycle and force-shutdown your laptop. It lets your malware be free to run and send emails without danger of losing its environment.
  • jyounker 7y ago
    The last part of that is a really a good cross-domain analogy. Kudos to you. :)
  • ianai 7y ago
    So what’s the significance of this research? Underscoring the importance of clearing away senescent cells?