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Alternative cellular responses to damage. Depending on cell type, the normal response to detection of damage will be either to delete the cell by apoptosis or to arrest cell division permanently by senescence. Both of these outcomes will result in impaired tissue homeostasis, contributing to ageing of the organism. Failure to eliminate or arrest damaged cells will leave them vulnerable to accumulating further damage, which may result in cancer.
