Theories of aging

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Theories of aging

Aging – a strategy to fight parasites?

If we assume that sexual reproduction has developed as a way to change the phenotypes of resistance to parasites, then aging increases the efficiency of this process.

17.07.2017
Theories of aging

Aging – the program

The fact that we will break this program, the author has no doubts. A matter of time. And I would really like it to happen not in 50 years, but in 20.

07.07.2017
Theories of aging

Why do men live less than women

The risk of running into one of the most common 15 causes of death in the United States is greater for men than for women in almost all cases – and these causes are responsible for 80% of all deaths.

30.06.2017
Theories of aging

A false trail in the fight against aging?

The fact that there are more senescent cells in the body as we age does not mean that they are the cause of it. And it looks like they may be a false trail.

28.06.2017
Theories of aging

Longevity and fertility

According to one of the ancient hypotheses of the nature of aging, due to some fundamental limitation of their resources, organisms can either live a long time or multiply a lot.

26.06.2017
Theories of aging

Why would our genes kill us?

It's time to throw off the blinders and admit that the king is naked, and aging is a program honed by group selection. And when we know the enemy by sight, we will be able to defeat him.

19.06.2017
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Aging and menopause

What is aging? Programmed murder. And the menopause? Programmed castration. Two mechanisms of population control that genes have honed over billions of years.

14.06.2017
Theories of aging

Age-related diseases and mitochondria

Neurodegenerative and oncological diseases are closely related to intracellular energy metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction.

09.06.2017
Theories of aging

There are no restrictions for aging therapy?

Scientists of the Russian biotechnology company Gero have published a paper refuting the theory of aging, which has been widely recognized among researchers for more than half a century.

14.02.2017
Theories of aging

Is it possible to program aging (5)

Some of the ideas supposedly explaining programmed aging include concepts of kin selection, often taking into account the spatial dimension.

06.12.2016
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The ceiling of life

Closing the gap between average and maximum life expectancy is a more realistic task than the endless prolongation of old age.

23.11.2016
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Is it possible to program aging (4)

According to one theory, shortening life expectancy through aging and frequent generational change is an advantage for other favorable genes in the population.

09.11.2016
Theories of aging

Is it possible to program aging (3)

Many proponents of the theories of programmed aging believe that an aging species has a breeding advantage due to faster evolution.

03.11.2016
Theories of aging

Is it possible to program aging (2)

Life expectancy differs not only for different species, in some cases it varies within the species under the influence of external and genetic factors.

31.10.2016
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Is it possible to program aging (1)

The aging process has long remained a mystery, since the evolution of a trait that does not bring obvious advantages to an individual is difficult to explain.

31.10.2016
Theories of aging

Are transposons another cause of aging?

The two most popular theories of aging are the accumulation of reactive oxygen species in cells and the shortening of telomeres. It seems that another theory has been added to the list – the transposon theory.

14.09.2016
Theories of aging

Aging and nonequilibrium thermodynamics

Gerontologist B. Auxburger suggested that the key to solving the problem of aging may be a theory that describes systems that are not in a state of thermodynamic equilibrium.

01.09.2016
Theories of aging

Potential targets for aging gene therapy (2)

The second part of the list of genes that, according to the editors of the Fight Aging! website, can be used for compensatory gene therapy of aging in the near future.

04.07.2016
Theories of aging

Potential targets for aging gene therapy (1)

On the Fight Aging website! a short one has been published (for a total of 75 points :) a list of genes that can be used for compensatory gene therapy of aging in the near future.

30.06.2016