[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.
Hartwig
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Freie Universität Berlin, Klinikum Steglitz.
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".