Mayo Clinic DNA aptamers can precisely tag aging zombie cells

Mayo Clinic researchers screened a hundred trillion DNA sequences to find aptamers that lock onto senescent zombie cells in mice, the cells driving inflammation, cancer, and dementia. Past senolytic drug trials kept failing for lack of a reliable target. Human studies are the next step.

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