Escape cancer, but age sooner? The dark side of the tumour suppressing process
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 09:01
in Biology & Nature
Cells shut down and stop dividing when their DNA is damaged, in a process known as cellular senescence, so as to prevent damaged DNA from leading to unregulated cell division and therefore cancer. However, a new study, published in this week's issue of PLoS Biology, has found that when these cells shut down they also spew proteins into their surrounding environment...