‘Hope for Healthy Longevity’: Study Discovers Trigger for Cell Aging

Previously, mechanical damage to the cell membrane was believed to trigger either cell recovery or death. A new study shows a third outcome: cell aging.

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Keiko Kono hopes to see a future in which people are essentially healthy until the day they die.

She believes that her recent research—which shows that damage to the cell membrane promotes cell aging—could serve as a blueprint for scientists worldwide to find a way to achieve this.