senescent
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Although senescent cells no longer divide, they continue using energy and carrying out metabolic activity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Neutrophil numbers increase with age, and a growing proportion of them become senescent.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
As a result, senescent neutrophils begin accumulating in the bloodstream and tissues.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
The treatment brought both total neutrophil levels and the number of senescent neutrophils in old mice closer to youthful levels.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
In one thin arm, threaded with veins in a kind of senescent bas-relief, was a basket.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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