Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Is there a correlation between let's say, if you were to look at cellular senescence in white blood cells or leukocytes between that and the heart or the brain?
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Is there a correlation between let's say, if you were to look at cellular senescence in white blood cells or leukocytes between that and the heart or the brain?
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The difficulty lies in tissue specificity. So peripheral blood is easy going to buccal swabs are easy because they're accessible. But you know, you really probably want to know how many senescent astrocytes you have in your brain, and you know, brain biopsies are not going to be approved very soon.
So you can you can stain these blood cells and get a sense of what your DNA damage load is. There are good markers for senescent cells now.