DNA damage
The “Guardian Paradox” Proposes a Link Between Chronic DNA Damage Signaling and Aging
A review proposes that DNA damage-response pathways can become chronically overactive with age, connecting cellular senescence, inflammation and stem-cell decline. It is…
Why Do Some Bats Live So Long? Their Cells May Know When to Self-Destruct
A comparison of eight Myotis bat genomes suggests exceptional longevity may involve a strict response to dangerous DNA damage, including programmed death…