Biology

Lipofuscin is a term, which is used for brownish fatty pigment granules. It also known as age-pigments, have three defining characteristics: (1) they consist of…

Genome Instability is a major driving force for tumorigenesis. It also refers to an increased tendency of alterations in the genome during the life cycle…

Hayflick Limit suggests that the human cell is limited in the number of times it can divide. The concept of the Hayflick limit was advanced…

Biological Immortality is virtually indistinguishable from afterlife, but philosophically speaking, they are not identical. It refers to a stable or decreasing rate of mortality from…

Aubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey, Biomedical Gerontologist was born 20 April 1963, in London, England. He was educated at Sussex House School and Harrow…

Senescence is the combination of processes of deterioration which follow the period of development of an organism. It is the gradual deterioration of function characteristic…

Hormesis is a central feature within the lives of individuals challenged by daily stresses. It is a fundamental biological concept at the core of evolutionary…

Longevity Claims are extreme human longevity but lack either a complete date of birth or date of death making the verification of an exact age…

Indefinite Lifespan is a term, which is more accurate than “immortality”, especially in religious contexts, implies an inability to die. It is used in the…

Genetics of Aging studies that integrate cellular, molecular, biochemical, and proteomic aspects of aging are welcome; it also aims to publish works describing the contribution…

Paleodemography looks at the changes in pre-modern populations in order to determine something about the influences on the lifespan and health of earlier peoples. It…

Biodemography is a new branch of human demography concerned with understanding the complementary biological and demographic determinants of and interactions between the birth and death…