Re:Loss of myelin is one of the major factors of age-related...
by rsync on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @12:07AM
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"Is this what senolytics do?"
I learned today that senolytics are molecules that "... can selectively induce death of senescent cells ..."[1]
Which is interesting but you can already do this with exercise.
Nick Lane wrote a fascinating book[2] about this subject which suggests that your internal mitochondrial population is under selection pressure from your own activity.
If you don't put any pressure on it, energetically ill-performing cells are allowed to thrive.
I learned today that senolytics are molecules that "... can selectively induce death of senescent cells ..."[1]
Which is interesting but you can already do this with exercise.
Nick Lane wrote a fascinating book[2] about this subject which suggests that your internal mitochondrial population is under selection pressure from your own activity.
If you don't put any pressure on it, energetically ill-performing cells are allowed to thrive.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senolytic
[2] _Power, Sex, Suicide_