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Dictionary » A » Aging AgingAging The gradual changes in the structure and function of humans and animals that occur with the passage of time, that do not result from disease or other gross accidents, and that eventually lead to the increased probability of death as the person or animal grows older. It does not apply to microorganisms. ![]()
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Results from our forumRe: Animal cell nucleus shape changes... progeria. See figure 1 in the following paper for some nuclear membrane images: Scaffidi P, Gordon L, Misteli T (2005) The cell nucleus and aging: Tantalizing clues and hopeful promises. PLoS Biol 3(11): e395. http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0030395
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Why do cells age?Interesting stuff on aging Tmbirkhead. Coq10, aceytyl carnitine, NADH stuff like that seems to be the way to go based on orthomolecular medicine (Linus Pauling, Abram Hoffer). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naweamfmhUI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5YM-i_7JWw ...
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Why do cells age?I see a lot of comments on here about shortening telomeres causing aging. The telomeres are a bit more tricky than that. Telomeres are indeed noncoding regions at the end of DNA that protect the rest of the DNA sort of like the hard part at the end of a shoe-string. ...
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Re: Why do cells age? I contend it is the metabolism that resulted in the aging of cells Yeah metabolism is a huge factor.
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