senescent
adjective
se·nes·cent
si-ˈne-sᵊnt 
: relating to, characterized by, or associated with the state of being old or the process of aging : marked by or undergoing senescence
senescent foliage
The "sandwich generation"—caught between adolescent children and senescent parents …—
The Economist
The Economist… researchers have opened up a novel approach to combating the effects of aging with the discovery that a special category of cells, known as senescent cells, are bad actors that promote the aging of the tissues.—Nicholas Wade
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If the cells were truly senescent, then the medications should both reduce the number of senescent cells and reverse many of the structural DNA changes and gene expression disruptions.
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senescent
adjective
se·nes·cent
si-ˈnes-ᵊnt
: relating to, characterized by, undergoing, or associated with senescence
Senescent cells secrete a variety of factors but scientists still do not fully understand the role senescent cells play in many physiological processes …—Science
ScienceDuring ageing, molecular chaperones such as heat-shock proteins are thought to combat stress-related senescent dysfunction.—Marc Tatar et al., Nature
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