Key points from article :
Existing senolytic drugs that can be used as cancer therapy also kill immune cells.
Need to identify alternative drugs that can eliminate senescent cells.
Ouabain is a drug in cardiac glycoside group such as digoxin that can be used as a senolytic.
Can selectively eliminate many types of senescent cells.
Even when senescence has been triggered by irradiation, cancer itself or chemotherapeutic drugs.
Research by Medical Research Council London Institute of Medical Sciences published in Nature Metabolism.
