September 30, 2024
A research paper published in Aging explored a link between breast cancer, hematopoietic cell transplants (HCTs), an increase in physical frailty, and cellular senescence. Treatment comes at a cost HCTs and breast cancer treatment are lifesaving procedures. However, chemotherapy in breast cancer sharply increases p16INK4a, a key biomarker of cellular senescence [1], and HCTs are...