Warde and colleagues demonstrate sex-specific differences in senescence in the adrenal glands of aged mice, with males eliciting a more robust, protective myeloid response that is associated with protection from adrenal cancer.
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Townsel, A., Henry, C.J. Sex, aging, immunity and adrenal cancer. Nat Aging 3, 764–765 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-023-00440-y
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