Pacemaker Theories
Certain organs or organ systems (eg, the immune and neuroendocrine systems, notably the hypothalamus) are thought to be intrinsic pacemakers of the aging process, genetically programmed to involute at specific times during an organism’s life span. This programmed senescence is hypothesized to affect the aging of the entire organism.
With aging, both B- and T-cell [...]
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