When life comes to an end: lessons from microbial aging models
Aging of biological systems ultimately leads to death of the individual. In humans, organ failure as the result of functional impairments after stroke, cardio-vascular disease, tumor development, neurodegeneration and other diseases are certainly crucial in bringing life to an end. But what happens in individuals with no obvious disease or disorders?
| Author: | Heinz D. Osiewacz |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-83918 |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 26.10.2010 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2010 |
| Publishing Institution: | Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main |
| Source: | AGING, Vol 2, No 8, pp 457-458 ; http://www.impactaging.com/contents?volumeId=2&issueId=8 |
| HeBIS PPN: | 229861091 |
| Institutes: | Biowissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Note: | Copyright : ©2010 Osiewacz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Licence (German): |  Veröffentlichungsvertrag für Publikationen ohne Print on Demand |
