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All [[System|systems]] are subject to '''aging'''. Besides cancer, understanding and controlling the aging process is a central problem of applied biology. Aging means the accumulation of changes in a system, organism or object over time. For organic lifeforms, the problems of aging are senescence (the general deterioration of the body with increasing age). It is still unclear why senescence — the general deterioration of vitality and resistance to adversity with advancing age — occurs and how it works. One reason may be normal wear and tear damage, damage that naturally and inevitably occurs as a result of normal use or aging. | |||
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Revision as of 16:18, 14 December 2008
All systems are subject to aging. Besides cancer, understanding and controlling the aging process is a central problem of applied biology. Aging means the accumulation of changes in a system, organism or object over time. For organic lifeforms, the problems of aging are senescence (the general deterioration of the body with increasing age). It is still unclear why senescence — the general deterioration of vitality and resistance to adversity with advancing age — occurs and how it works. One reason may be normal wear and tear damage, damage that naturally and inevitably occurs as a result of normal use or aging.
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