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. 2015 Jun 18:6:205.
doi: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00205. eCollection 2015.

It is time to classify biological aging as a disease

Sven Bulterijs  1 , Raphaella S Hull  2 , Victor C E Björk  3 , Avi G Roy  4
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It is time to classify biological aging as a disease

Sven Bulterijs et al. Front Genet. .
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Keywords: aging; disease; disease complex; medicine; multisystemic disease; nosology; philosophy of medicine.

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The methuselahs in lab. The increase in maximum lifespan in the laboratory was obtained in 5 animal species, both without any interventions, and by dietary, chemical, or genetic interventions. For each organism the impact of increase in maximum lifespan through intervention is indicated in the graph using fold change.
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