RejuvenationRejuvenation is a medical discipline focused on the practical reversal of the aging process. Rejuvenation is distinct from life extension. Life extension strategies often study the causes of aging and try to oppose those causes in order to slow aging. Rejuvenation is the reversal of aging and thus requires a different strategy, namely repair of the damage that is associated with aging or replacement of damaged tissue with new tissue. Rejuvenation can be a means of life extension, but most life extension strategies do not involve rejuvenation.
SarcopénieLa sarcopénie est un syndrome gériatrique se caractérisant dans un premier temps par une diminution des capacités musculaires due à l'âge et qui en s’aggravant sera à l’origine d’une détérioration de la force musculaire et des performances physiques. La sarcopénie observée chez la personne âgée est imputable au processus de vieillissement mais peut être accélérée par des facteurs pathologiques et comportementaux tels que la dénutrition et la sédentarité. L’avancée en âge s’accompagne d’une modification de la composition corporelle.
GérontologieLa gérontologie (du grec ancien / gérôn « vieillard » et / logía « étude ») est un champ d'étude qui porte sur le vieillissement, ses conséquences et son implication au sens le plus large : biologie et physiologie des organismes vivants, psychologie, médecine, santé publique, économie, société, démographie, anthropologie, sociologie et plus généralement la plupart des sciences humaines. Elle est donc un point de rencontre de multiples disciplines.
Memory and agingAge-related memory loss, sometimes described as "normal aging" (also spelled "ageing" in British English), is qualitatively different from memory loss associated with types of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease, and is believed to have a different brain mechanism. Mild cognitive impairment Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a condition in which people face memory problems more often than that of the average person their age. These symptoms, however, do not prevent them from carrying out normal activities and are not as severe as the symptoms for Alzheimer's disease (AD).
SirtuineLes sirtuines sont une classe d'enzymes, des histones désacétylases NAD-dépendantes, que l'on trouve à la fois chez les procaryotes (dont les bactéries) et les eucaryotes (végétaux et animaux). Elles affectent le métabolisme cellulaire en régulant l'expression de certains gènes (épigénétique) chez les eucaryotes. Le nom vient de Silent mating type Information Regulation two, le gène responsable de la régulation cellulaire chez les levures, et -ine la terminaison conventionnelle pour les protéines.
Evolution of ageingEnquiry into the evolution of ageing, or aging, aims to explain why a detrimental process such as ageing would evolve, and why there is so much variability in the lifespans of organisms. The classical theories of evolution (mutation accumulation, antagonistic pleiotropy, and disposable soma) suggest that environmental factors, such as predation, accidents, disease, and/or starvation, ensure that most organisms living in natural settings will not live until old age, and so there will be very little pressure to conserve genetic changes that increase longevity.
Index of topics related to life extensionFollowing is a list of topics related to life extension: NOTOC ACE inhibitor Actuarial escape velocity Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) Advanced Cell Technology Corporation Aerobic exercise Age-adjusted life expectancy Ageless Age-Related Eye Disease Study Age-Related Macular Degeneration Aging Aging and memory Aging-associated diseases Aging brain Aging population Alcor Life Extension Foundation Alternative medicine American Aging Association American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) Amyloid Amyloid pl
Vieillissement démographiquethumb|350px|Évaluation de la part des plus de 65 ans dans la population mondiale. Le vieillissement démographique est la situation dans laquelle se trouve une société dont l'âge moyen ou le pourcentage de personnes âgées dans la population croît. On associe souvent à tort le phénomène du «vieillissement» uniquement aux pays développés à faible fécondité, mais presque tous les pays sont affectés, car il suffit d'un allongement de l'espérance de vie ou d'une diminution de la fécondité pour qu'il y ait vieillissement démographique.
BiogerontologyBiogerontology is the sub-field of gerontology concerned with the biological aging process, its evolutionary origins, and potential means to intervene in the process. The term "biogerontology" was coined by S. Rattan, and came in regular use with the start of the journal BIOGERONTOLOGY in 2000. It involves interdisciplinary research on the causes, effects, and mechanisms of biological aging. Biogerontologist Leonard Hayflick has said that the natural average lifespan for a human is around 92 years and, if humans do not invent new approaches to treat aging, they will be stuck with this lifespan.
Aging brainAging of the brain is a process of transformation of the brain in older age, including changes all individuals experience and those of illness (including unrecognised illness). Usually this refers to humans. Since life extension is only pertinent if accompanied by health span extension, and, more importantly, by preserving brain health and cognition, finding rejuvenating approaches that act simultaneously in peripheral tissues and in brain function is a key strategy for development of rejuvenating technology.
