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Journal of Aging Research
Volume 2011, Article ID 963172, 15 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/963172
Review Article

Regulation of Senescence in Cancer and Aging

Yahui Kong, Hang Cui, Charusheila Ramkumar, and Hong Zhang

Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, S7-125, Worcester, MA 01655, USA

Received 15 December 2010; Accepted 12 January 2011

Academic Editor: Amancio Carnero

Copyright © 2011 Yahui Kong et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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