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A paper published in GeroScience has described a gene responsible for a key biomarker of cellular senescence.

However, SA-ß-gal’s actual relationship to senescence processes has not been fully explored. In order to explore its potential as a biomarker, these researchers developed an RNA-binding protein that restricts SA-ß-gal expression both in C.elegans worms and in human cell cultures, and their experiments provided some insights into how this compound works.