crsociety : Message: Re: [CR] The Reliability Theory of Aging and Longevity

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From: Doug Younkin

Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 10:52 PM

Tom and all:

The paper originally noted by Tom, "The Reliability Theory of Aging and
Longevity," is quite interesting and I think provides a pointer in the
direction of how to understand the aging process. The main point of the
paper is that animal aging looks just like a system of redundant elements
that do not age, but fail randomly. "Redundant elements" means that an
organism has many ways to cope and still remain alive. But what are those
redundant elements, really? I couldn't grasp what they might be.

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This theory claims that aging is a direct consequence of systems redundancy. J Theor Biol 2001 Dec 21;213(4):527-545 The Reliability Theory of Aging and...	Tom Kobzina tkobzina	Dec 24, 2001 2:41 pm
... Tom: A nice paper -- Thank you. I read it front to back. Aging means that the probability of death increases with age (time) -- the Gompertz law, human...	Taylor, Warren warrenhtaylor	Dec 25, 2001 5:20 am
Tom, Thanks for this abstract and link to the full paper. This is a very interesting theory!! I worked with reliability modeling for 15 years and suspected...	Doug Younkin dougyounkin1954	Dec 29, 2001 3:45 am
Tom and all: The paper originally noted by Tom, "The Reliability Theory of Aging and Longevity," is quite interesting and I think provides a pointer in the ...	Doug Younkin dougyounkin1954	Jan 2, 2002 3:50 am
Hi Doug, You might say that the endocrine and autocrine hormones comprise redundant systems. ... From: Doug Younkin Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 10:52 PM ...	Tom Kobzina tkobzina	Jan 3, 2002 6:41 pm

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