Closing Gaps in Health and Care

  • UIC researchers examine if aging can be slowed down at cellular level

    Nov 10, 2025 2:30 pm
    Sandra Pinho, UIC associate professor of pharmacology and regenerative medicine at the College of Medicine, poses in her lab. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC)

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    • Sandra Pinho, UIC associate professor of pharmacology and regenerative medicine at the College of Medicine, poses in her lab. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC)

    Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered an important cellular mechanism that drives aging: the lack of a protein called platelet factor 4, whose levels decrease with age.