Senescence
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senescence-187-14608741
title:
Senescence
text:
Senescence or biological aging is the gradual deterioration of functional characteristics in living organisms. Whole organism senescence involves an increase in death rates or a decrease in fecundity with increasing age, at least in the later part of an organism's life cycle. However, the resulting effects of senescence can be delayed. The 1934 discovery that calorie restriction can extend lifespans by 50% in rats, the existence of species having negligible senescence, and the existence of poten
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Deterioration of function with age
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senescence
date created:
2002-11-12T15:22:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T17:45:51Z
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