Items Tagged ‘Jan van Deursen’
January 7, 2019
One more gift for you in the new year
Were you good last year? If so (or even if not – we don’t judge) you might enjoy these little gifts of new knowledge, ideas, technology, and more from Mayo Clinic Research. Read on to learn about some of our newest research programs. Explore some of our shiniest websites (so new the dust hasn’t had […]
Tags: basic science, biomedical research, cancer, Center for Biomedical Discovery, E. Aubrey Thompson, Ian Lanza, Jan van Deursen, Jian Yuan, Kathleen Yost, Kay Medina, Kenton Kaufman, liver cancer
August 7, 2018
Senescent cells and aging: Following up on the unexpected pays off
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Starting at age 8, Jan van Deursen, Ph.D., helped his carpenter father on the weekends when he built custom staircases, windows and doors for people in their village in the Netherlands. “My father had a fast pace, and I had to keep up with him,” says Dr. van Deursen. “I didn’t realize it at the time, […]
Tags: aging, basic science, cancer, Jan van Deursen, Nature, senescent cells