Corina Amor Vegas (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Corina Amor Vegas

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HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar Corina Amor Vegas engineered CAR-T cells to recognize and destroy senescent cells — the "zombie cells" that accumulate during aging and drive inflammation, frailty, and metabolic decline.

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Jason DeCrow / AP Images for HHMI

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