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Also known as aging
Ageing (or aging in American English) is the process of becoming older. The term refers mainly to humans, many other animals, and fungi; whereas for example, bacteria, perennial plants and some simple animals are potentially biologically immortal. In a broader sense, ageing can refer to single cells within an organism which have ceased dividing, or to the population of a species.
Ageing is the biological process of becoming older, which occurs in humans, many animals, and fungi, though some organisms like bacteria and certain plants can potentially live indefinitely. Understanding ageing matters because it affects how bodies and populations change over time, though the underlying reasons why most living things age remain an important area of study.
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Research
744,801 papers- From discoveries in ageing research to therapeutics for healthy ageing.ReviewNature · 2019Campisi J, Kapahi P, Lithgow GJ et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1365-2
- Ageing as a risk factor for neurodegenerative disease.ReviewNature reviews. Neurology · 2019Hou Y, Dan X, Babbar M et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41582-019-0244-7
- An overview of contemporary theories of ageing.ReviewNature cell biology · 2025de Magalhães JPDOI: 10.1038/s41556-025-01698-7
- The Hallmarks of Ageing in Microglia.ReviewCellular and molecular neurobiology · 2025Carr L, Mustafa S, Collins-Praino LEDOI: 10.1007/s10571-025-01564-y
- Ageing-associated phenotypes in mice.ReviewMechanisms of ageing and development · 2023Xie K, Ehninger DDOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2023.111852
- Healthy ageing, resilience and wellbeing.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2017Cosco TD, Howse K, Brayne CDOI: 10.1017/S2045796017000324
- Ageing and Cognition.ReviewSub-cellular biochemistry · 2019Juan SMA, Adlard PADOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3681-2_5
- MDSCs, ageing and inflammageing.ReviewCellular immunology · 2021Pawelec G, Picard E, Bueno V et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2021.104297
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- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0007568
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老化(ろうか、英: ageing、aging)とは、生物学的には時間の経過とともに生物の個体に起こる変化。その中でも特に生物が死に至るまでの間に起こる機能低下やその過程を指す。 老化は、死を想起させたり、成熟との区別が恣意的であることから、加齢(かれい)、エイジングと言い換えられる場合もある。 学術分野では発生、成熟、老化などを含めた生物の時間変化すべてを含む言葉として「老化」を用いる。例えば、樹木の葉が加齢と共に黄色くなってやがて落ちるのも、同じく樹木が発芽してからの生長するに従って、挿し木時の発根や成長程度が悪くなるのも、動物が生まれてから時間が経つに従って、活動性が低くなりやがて死に至るのも、「老化」と表現されるが、その起こっている事象は全く別であると考えられており、混同すべきではない。
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