FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE BLOG
Includes over 800 monographs reporting on emerging studies in the medical and scientific literature of practical clinical importance, easily searched for content.
Telomere dysfunction without shortening also drives immunosenescence
Oxidative damage can rapidly cause telomeres to no longer function, resulting in the ‘zombie cells’ characteristic of immunosenescence—in the absence of shortening.
Immunosenescence—immune deterioration associated with age—and social stress
Immunosenescence, the immune system deterioration associated with aging that drives the inflammation of chronic disease, can be accelerated by other factors including social stress.