Age brings not just wisdom, but also, alas, many traits that to most of us are much less attractive. It now seems that, at least in mice, clearance of senescent cells delays some of the maladies associated with ageing. See Letter p.232
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Peeper, D. Old cells under attack. Nature 479, 186–187 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/479186a
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