Only in the last 10 years, with increasing knowledge of the senescent phenotype and the ability to detect senescent cells in human tissues, have biologists been able to investigate the relationship
between cellular senescence and disease.
There is only the most tentative of evidence suggesting a link
between cellular senescence and cataract in «normal» aging.
The p16INK4a - RB pathway: molecular link
between cellular senescence and tumor suppression.