Slowing the Aging Process

• Autores: Jocelyn Wiggins, Markus Bitzer
• Localización: Clinics in geriatric medicine, ISSN 0749-0690, Vol. 29, Nº. 3, 2013, págs. 721-730
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Research into the aging process is very new. For many years aging was thought to be the natural and inevitable consequence of a life of wear and tear. The idea that aging could be influenced by the genetic code and had a modifiable biologic component is less than 20 years old. During this time, aging has come to be understood as a complex biologic process controlled by signaling pathways and transcription factors. Similar attitudes pervade the field of nephrology. Whether a decline in renal function with age represents normal aging or kidney disease is the subject of much debate.