Biology & Life Sciences

Aging: Bench to Bedside

Published June 8, 2016 Curated Collections

This collection focuses on a rapidly evolving field in which the study of both species-specific and ubiquitous aging mechanisms informs the biological process of aging. Yet the field is not without substantial controversy, differing views arise as we come to understand aging across model systems - from bacteria to humans.

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Perspective
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Editorials

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10.1371/journal.pgen.0030037

PLOS Genetics An Age-Old Problem
February 23, 2007 Nicholas Katsanis, Susan M Rosenberg
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Sharada Prasad, Flickr

PLOS Genetics Entropy Explains Aging, Genetic Determinism Explains Longevity, and Undefined Terminology Explains Misunderstanding Both
December 14, 2007 Leonard Hayflick

Perspective

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10.1371/journal.pgen.0030224

PLOS Genetics A Bacterial Kind of Aging
December 14, 2007 Thomas Nyström

Reviews

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10.1371/journal.pgen.0030129

PLOS Genetics Genetics of Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans
September 28, 2007 Adam Antebi
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10.1371/journal.pgen.0030125

PLOS Genetics Genetic Determinants of Human Health Span and Life Span: Progress and New Opportunities
July 27, 2007 George M Martin, Aviv Bergman, Nir Barzilai
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10.1371/journal.pgen.0030084

PLOS Genetics Recent Developments in Yeast Aging
May 25, 2007 Matt Kaeberlein, Christopher R Burtner, Brian K Kennedy
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10.1371/journal.pgen.0030057

PLOS Genetics Dietary Restriction in Drosophila: Delayed Aging or Experimental Artefact?
April 27, 2007 Matthew D. W Piper, Linda Partridge
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10.1371/journal.pgen.0030024

PLOS Genetics The Role of Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Mammalian Aging
February 23, 2007 Gregory C Kujoth, Patrick C Bradshaw, Suraiya Haroon, Tomas A Prolla