Geroscience: linking aging to chronic disease.

Kennedy, Brian K; Berger, Shelley L; Brunet, Anne; Campisi, Judith; Cuervo, Ana Maria; Epel, Elissa S; Franceschi, Claudio; Lithgow, Gordon J et al. · Cell · 2014

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Abstract

Mammalian aging can be delayed with genetic, dietary, and pharmacologic approaches. Given that the elderly population is dramatically increasing and that aging is the greatest risk factor for a majority of chronic diseases driving both morbidity and mortality, it is critical to expand geroscience research directed at extending human healthspan.

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