Brain Waves: Zombie (Cells) In Your Brain and Body

Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar, NeurogeneticistProfessor Dr Wong Pooi Fong, Pharmacologist, Universiti Malaya

The Bigger Picture · Health & Living · 22 Mar 2023 · 33 mins listen

What if you were told that you had “zombie cells” in your brain? And that they have an impact on age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s or even cancer? Neurogeneticist Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar is back for her Brain Waves series to help us understand what these cells are doing and whether we should be alarmed, and joining her is pharmacologist Prof Dr Wong Pooi Fong.

Image Credit: Nabora Reyes/Peng Lab

Produced by:

Lim Sue Ann

Presented by:

Lim Sue Ann

Categories:

medical advances,health policy,managing disease

Tags:

senescence,senescent cells,healthy ageing,cancer,brainwavesonbfm

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