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‘Zombie’ cells spark inflammation in severe fatty liver disease, Mayo Clinic researchers find  featured image
‘Zombie’ cells spark inflammation in severe fatty liver disease, Mayo Clinic researchers find 
Alison Satake
December 15, 2025

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have uncovered how aging "zombie cells" trigger harmful inflammation that accelerates a severe and increasingly common form of fatty[...]

Frailty linked to poor outcomes in pulmonary embolism patients featured image
Frailty linked to poor outcomes in pulmonary embolism patients
Vincent Jacobbi
October 3, 2024
More Mayo neuroscience: Brain cells ‘crosstalk’ and cancer growth; Preoperative radiotherapy survival; Rare mutation causes memory loss featured image
More Mayo neuroscience: Brain cells ‘crosstalk’ and cancer growth; Preoperative radiotherapy survival; Rare mutation causes memory loss
Lynda De Widt
September 13, 2024
Mayo Clinic scientists define new type of memory loss in older adults featured image
Mayo Clinic scientists define new type of memory loss in older adults
Samiha Khanna
July 16, 2024
Preeclampsia’s lingering shadow featured image
Preeclampsia’s lingering shadow
Caitlin Doran
July 8, 2024
Drugs that kill “zombie” cells may benefit some older women, but not all, Mayo Clinic study finds featured image
Drugs that kill “zombie” cells may benefit some older women, but not all, Mayo Clinic study finds
Rhoda Madson
July 2, 2024
Researchers identify vascular changes in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease featured image
Researchers identify vascular changes in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Lynda De Widt
June 20, 2024
8 innovations in neuroscience and brain research at Mayo Clinic featured image
8 innovations in neuroscience and brain research at Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic Staff
June 3, 2024
Untangling the threads of early-onset dementia featured image
Untangling the threads of early-onset dementia
Lynda De Widt
March 29, 2024
Social isolation linked to biological age gap, higher mortality rate featured image
Social isolation linked to biological age gap, higher mortality rate
Terri Malloy
March 20, 2024
Shortened telomeres heighten risk of serious lung disease featured image
Shortened telomeres heighten risk of serious lung disease
Marla Broadfoot, Ph.D.
December 16, 2023
Health and zombie cells in aging featured image
Health and zombie cells in aging
Mayo Clinic Staff
December 1, 2023
Zooming in on rare bone cells that drive osteoporosis featured image
Zooming in on rare bone cells that drive osteoporosis
Caitlin Doran
October 14, 2023

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