Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Our immune cells including our adaptive immune cells are more prone to cellular scinessence with age called immunoscinessence and this makes us more susceptible to infections as we get older.
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Our immune cells including our adaptive immune cells are more prone to cellular scinessence with age called immunoscinessence and this makes us more susceptible to infections as we get older.
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So the adaptive immune system tends to decline with age. The innate immune system if anything increases in activity with age and it's the innate immune system that clearly targets senescent cells for clearance.