aging

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Definition: Ageing is the process of becoming older.

The term refers especially to human beings, many animals, and fungi, whereas for example bacteria, perennial plants and some simple animals are potentially immortal.

This process can affect any level of organization of living processes or living structures : cells ( cellular senescence ), tissues ( tissular senescence ) or organisms ( systemic senescence or ageing ).

The senescence is the biological process of ageing.

Pathology

 age-associated anomalies / age-associated lesions
 age-associated diseases
 age-associated tumors

See also

 senescence
 mitochondrial dysfunction driving aging
 subcellular dysfunction driving aging
 senescence and inflammation
 genetic epigenetic mechanisms of aging
 epigenetic mechanisms of aging
 systems biology of aging
 proteostasis and aging
 neurodegeneration
 premature aging diseases
 lifespan extension regimens (in model organisms and humans)
 environmental impacts on aging
 cell non-autonomous mechanisms of aging