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2 The Emerging Medical Landscape |
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2.1 The Overwhelming Human Responsibility |
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2.2 The Two Recent Epidemiological Transitions |
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2.2.1 Throughout the World |
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16 | (5) |
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2.3.1 The Two Out-Of-Control Risks: Nuclear Power and Poverty |
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2.3.2 Age, the First of the Emerging Risks |
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17 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Incidence of Non-Transmissible Chronic Diseases |
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18 | (2) |
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2.3.4 Other Age-Linked Diseases |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (4) |
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25 | (12) |
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27 | (1) |
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3.2 Genetics and Heredity |
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28 | (2) |
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3.3 Telomeres and Telomerase |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (10) |
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37 | (4) |
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4.2 Consequences of Stem/Precursor Cell Proliferation Arrest |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (2) |
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5 The Nonfatal Clinical Manifestations of Ageing |
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47 | (12) |
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5.1 Hair, Skin, Adipose Tissue |
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47 | (2) |
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5.2 Bones, Muscles, and Joints |
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49 | (1) |
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5.3 General Conditions, Frailty Syndrome, Fluid Balance, Immune System |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (3) |
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5.5 The Senses and Sensitivity |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (3) |
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6 Age-Linked Non-Transmissible Diseases |
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59 | (24) |
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60 | (2) |
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6.2 Neurodegenerative Diseases |
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62 | (4) |
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6.3 Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome |
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66 | (1) |
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6.4 Lungs, Kidneys and Liver Diseases |
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67 | (2) |
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6.5 The Senescent CV System |
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69 | (8) |
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6.5.1 The Senescent Myocardium |
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6.5.2 The Senescent Vascular System |
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73 | (1) |
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6.5.3 Consequences of Change in Characteristic Arterial Impedance |
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74 | (1) |
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6.5.4 The Clinical Manifestations of Atherosclerosis |
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75 | (1) |
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6.5.5 Heart Failure in Senescence |
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76 | (1) |
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6.5.6 Atrial Fibrillation |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (6) |
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7 How to Treat or Prevent, or Slow Down, Cellular Ageing and Senescence? |
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7.1 The Various Attempts at Reprogramming |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (1) |
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8 Senescence: A Darwinian Evolutionary Perspective |
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8.1 Genetic Versus Environmental Factors in Senescence |
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90 | (1) |
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8.2 Senescence and Inflammation |
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91 | (2) |
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9.1 The Accession of Gerontechnologies |
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9.2 The Adaptive Capacities |
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9.3 The Gerontological Aspects of the Making of Ignorance |
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Annex A Senescence in Plants and Bacteria |
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Annex B Theories of Ageing |
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Annex C Telomeres and Telomerase |
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105 | (2) |
Annex D MicroRNAs, miRs |
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Annex E Circadian Rhythms, a Fundamental Basis of Life |
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109 | (6) |
Annex F The Diabetic Heart |
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Glossary |
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