AFAR Board Member in the News: James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD, in The Telegraph on senescent cells and their effect on biological aging
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On May 9th, 2025, The Telegraph featured insights from AFAR Board Member and grantee James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD, on senescent cells and their effect on biological aging.
Dr. Kirkland is an AFAR board Member, a 2020 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction recipient, and a 2012 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award recipient. He is the current Director of the Center for Advanced Gerotherapeutics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Read “Why senescent cells hold the key to almost every age-related disease” here.
Learn more about cellular senescence and senolytics here.