Anti-aging movementThe anti-aging movement is a social movement devoted to eliminating or reversing aging, or reducing the effects of it. A substantial portion of the attention of the movement is on the possibilities for life extension, but there is also interest in techniques such as cosmetic surgery which ameliorate the effects of aging rather than delay or defeat it. There are many scientists of this movement with different approaches.
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
Aubrey de GreyAubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey, né le à Londres, est un scientifique anglais, ancien informaticien à l’université de Cambridge et autodidacte en biogérontologie. Il vit en Californie depuis 2010. Inspiré de la « théorie mitochondriale du vieillissement » émise par le Denham Harman en 1972, il élabore le projet baptisé SENS. Cette théorie récapitule les causes du vieillissement, parmi lesquelles des radicaux libres, très réactifs, sous-produits de la transformation du glucose en ATP par les mitochondries.
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.
Outline of life extensionIndex of life extension-related articles The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to life extension: Life extension – study of slowing down or reversing the processes of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan. Also known as anti-aging medicine, experimental gerontology, and biomedical gerontology.
Prolongation de la durée de vie humaineLa science du prolongement de la durée de vie humaine, parfois aussi appelée médecine anti-âge est l'étude du ralentissement, de l'arrêt ou de l'inversion des processus de vieillissement pour prolonger la durée de vie maximale et moyenne chez l'homme. En 2018, un essai clinique a révélé que des médicaments anti-vieillissement expérimentaux peuvent protéger les personnes âgées contre des infections respiratoires potentiellement mortelles en rajeunissant leur système immunitaire.
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.
Théorie radicalaire du vieillissementLa théorie radicalaire du vieillissement énonce que les organismes vieillissent par la multiplication des lésions liées à l’accumulation de radicaux libres dans les cellules. Un « radical libre » est un atome ou une molécule possédant un seul électron non apparié dans sa couche externe. Si certains radicaux libres, tels la mélanine, sont chimiquement inertes, la plupart des radicaux libres présents dans les organismes sont fortement réactifs.
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.
Maximum life spanMaximum life span (or, for humans, maximum reported age at death) is a measure of the maximum amount of time one or more members of a population have been observed to survive between birth and death. The term can also denote an estimate of the maximum amount of time that a member of a given species could survive between birth and death, provided circumstances that are optimal to that member's longevity. Most living species have an upper limit on the number of times somatic cells not expressing telomerase can divide.
