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Molecular Aging Research

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At the beginning of the last century the average life expectancy was about 37 years in the developed countries. Today life expectancy is approximately 70 years with a tendency to increase in the next decades. As early as the year 2050, approximately 25% of the population will have reached an age over 65. Consequently, as people are getting older, more and more will be affected by various age-associated disease including
  1. cardiovascular disorders,
  2. cerebrovascular diseases,
  3. malignant tumors and cancer
  4. chronic progressive neurodegenerative disorders.

In human aging an increase in the incidence of age-associated disorders is the cause of a decreased survival rate or an increased mortality. In addition to life threatening disorders that may lead to death in elderly people, a variety of age-associated changes lead to dysfunctions of different organs that include the brain. In particular, various neuropsychiatric disorders


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