Saturday, 10 February 2018

senescence - Are human bodies programmed to die?


Following from this question: What is the evolutionary advantage of death?:


Is there any evidence that human bodies have systemic self-destruction built into their developmental program? I'm not talking about the cell death response, which I know is an important part of growth, development and cancer prevention.


I've read some things about telomere-shortening but don't know if this is a cause or an effect.




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