[The aging factor in biomedical research. The thymus gland as an "aging clock"].
We urgently need to find a model for the aging processes and age-related diseases (cardiovascular; tumors), in order to be able to make a detailed appraisal of the many results obtained. An "evolutionary" theory of aging is proposed, in which the diminishing function of the thymus gland plays an important part.
Freie Universität Berlin, Klinikum Steglitz.
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000503:physiopathology*
Der Faktor Altern in der biomedizinischen Forschung. Der Thymus als "Alternsuhr".