Theories of aging and lipofuscin as cellular marker of aging

Tatjana Filipovic
Tatjana Filipovic

Published: 01.06.2016.

Volume 45, Issue 2 (2016)

pp. 61-64;

https://doi.org/10.5937/pramed1602061f

Abstract

Aging begins at the moment of birth and it is inevitable part of our lives. Statistical data obtained in recent years, indicate that the average human lifespan is significantly prolonged compared to the previous century, which is likely to come as a result of technological progress and consequently the development of medicine. Whole teams of scientists are constantly trying to clarify the process of aging and in some ways make it slower.Attempts to find the causes of aging is present for the purpose of extending the creative activity of man

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