Aged

... synthesis, plus the activity varies from cell to cell, this doesn't cause too many problems at first. However, as you become senile, middle-aged and decrepid like myself, and end up with about 100 trillion cells, this causes biological ageing and cell malfunction, because so many telomeres ...

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... the rest of the DNA sort of like the hard part at the end of a shoe-string. When the telomeres get too short, the DNA can become exposed and damaged. However, if telomeres are kept forever long, the increased risk of cancer outweighs any good of keeping the cell alive. Cancerous cells are only ...

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... 108E; 1993. 36. Feng, Lida. Chinese Immunology Research Center, Beijing, China [1]. Making further advances of the public health care for the aged with Chinese characteristics. 2nd World Conf for Acad Exch of Medical Qigong. Beijing, China. 122E; 1993. 37. Yu, Yi; Zhang, Rongmin; Huang, Xiuqing; ...

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... resulting "daughter" cells are genetically identical to the parent cell. Mitosis happens all over your body all the time, replacing damaged or aged tissue. According to this Q&A , the cells lining your small intestine get replaced every week. So, mitosis provides continuity, because ...

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... kidney, but I dont believe. I think they might be similar to macrophage. Most interestingly, lately I found that, in those cells from the aged adult flies (only from aged fly, but not from young fly), the whole cell is filled with nuclei (by DAPI staining). First thought is they might ...

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