Protein secreted by immune cells may help drive brain aging

Brain-resident immune cells that have reached an old-age state called “senescence” secrete a protein that causes dysfunction in other brain cells, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, a finding that could shed light on memory loss.

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