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Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research

  • Written by Eric Klopack, Postdoctoral Researcher in Gerontology, University of Southern California
Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new researchImmunosenescence, or immune aging, can lead to less effective responses to vaccines and greater vulnerability to invading pathogens.Kudryavtsev Pavel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

As people age, their immune systems naturally begin to decline. This aging of the immune system, called immunosenescence, may be an important part of such age-related healt...

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