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How to kill the "zombie" cells that make you age

• Terr_ 2y ago
  > The process works well until the immune system weakens with age, leading to a build-up of senescent cells that stir up excessive inflammation. I wonder if artificially removing the senescent cells--and the associated inflammation--could somehow backfire, making the immune system end up in a state where it is not active enough to offset its general weakening.