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Cellular Senescence a
Double-Edged Sword

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Berkeley Lab scientists have shown that cellular senescence, the process by which biological cells stop dividing in response to stress or damage to their DNA, is a double-edged sword. While it effectively acts to prevent cancer in younger persons, it actually promotes cancer in older individuals. More>



Joint BioEnergy Institute
Dedicated on Tuesday

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Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, Congressman Jerry McNerney, and other state and federal representatives were on hand Tuesday to dedicate the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), the DOE Bioenergy Research Center operated by a six-institutional partnership under the leadership of Berkeley Lab. More>