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Geroscience: Linking Aging to Chronic Disease
Author(s) -
Brian K. Kennedy,
Shelley L. Berger,
Anne Brunet,
Judith Campisi,
Ana María Cuervo,
Elissa S. Epel,
Claudio Franceschi,
Gordon J. Lithgow,
Richard I. Morimoto,
Jeffrey E. Pessin,
Thomas A. Rando,
Arlan Richardson,
Eric E. Schadt,
Tony WyssCoray,
Felipe Sierra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2014.10.039
Subject(s) - biology , disease , chronic disease , population ageing , population , bioinformatics , environmental health , intensive care medicine , medicine
Mammalian aging can be delayed with genetic, dietary, and pharmacologic approaches. Given that the elderly population is dramatically increasing and that aging is the greatest risk factor for a majority of chronic diseases driving both morbidity and mortality, it is critical to expand geroscience research directed at extending human healthspan.

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