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Biologic Mechanisms in Aging
Author(s) -
SCHIMKE ROBERT T.,
AGNIEL MADELYN
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1983.tb06286.x
Subject(s) - medicine , senescence , cellular aging , gerontology , brain aging , healthy aging , cellular senescence , process (computing) , neuroscience , disease , pathology , telomere , psychology , biology , dna , computer science , biochemistry , gene , genetics , phenotype , operating system
This conference summary outlines the inventory of facts now known about the process of aging for interested scientist researchers, for persons who might be contemplating doing research in gerontology, and for teachers who wish to have available a source of current research and a discussion of possible new directions for adding to the science base of geriatric medicine. Phenomena of the aging process are considered from the following standpoints: mechanisms of aging and the human condition; dynamic aspects of senescence; pathology of DNA and the biology of aging; the influence of aging on protein synthesis; post‐translational changes in cells and tissues; immunologic aspects of aging; and neural and endocrine mechanisms in aging. Also included is a short paper dealing with aging phenomena in plants.