Introduction Flashcards
1
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What are the geriatric giants?
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2
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What is compression of morbidity?
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3
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What is strehler’s concepts of ageing?’
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4
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What are the popular theories of ageing?
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5
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what is the wear and tear theory of ageing?
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6
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What is the adaptive evolutionary theory of ageing?
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7
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What is antagonistic pleiotropy?
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8
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What is the disposable soma theory of ageing?
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9
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What are the different mechanisms of ageing?
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10
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What is neuroendocrinology of ageing?
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11
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What are the genetic mechanisms of ageing?
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12
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What is cellular ageing?
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13
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What protects stem cells from senescence?
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Telomerase
14
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What is cellular senescence associated with?
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Telomere shortening
15
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What cellular process precipitate cellular senescence?
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16
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What causes DNA damage as we age?
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18
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Which conditions accumulate dysfunctional proteins?
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