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Quote of the Day: On 'Zombie' Cells and Never Having to Write Another Grant

Quote of the Day: On 'Zombie' Cells and Never Having to Write Another Grant

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Aug 31, 2022
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“I tell my lab that if we find a drug that clears the bad senescent cells and not the good ones and we cure Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s and osteoporosis and macular degeneration, it would be wonderful.

“But if we cure wrinkles, we’ll be rich, and I’ll never have to write another grant.”

From Judith Campisi, a biogerontology expert at the Buck In…

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