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$125 million research initiative aims to study senescent cells, develop treatments for age-related diseases Carnegie Mellon University’s Computational

Senescent cells are a rare type of cells that play both positive and negative roles in biological processes.

The National Institutes of Health has launched a program to study a rare type of cells, called “senescent” cells, that play both positive and negative

Despite their higher risk of chronic kidney disease, people with hypertension or diabetes usually are not given a simple test for protein in the urine to screen for this potentially deadly disorder, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

by Bill Snyder The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) has been awarded a major federal grant to lead a national trial of treatments targeting the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System (RAAS) in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Comprised of the hormones renin, angiotensin and aldosterone, RAAS is essential for the regulation of blood pressure and fluid balance. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can disrupt this system, resulting in life-threatening complications, including pulmonary edema, thromboembolic complications and severe cardiac injury. Se...