Because of their modest life span and aging-associated pathologies that parallel humans, including arthritis [ 4], marmosets have also shown great promise as a non-human primate model of aging and aging-related disease [ 5].
We then used IPAM to test the hypothesis that free radicals may contribute to the aging process in a rotifer model of aging.
"We have a different specific model of aging for each gender of each ethnicity," Ricanek told me.
The introduction of telomere theory, as Malcolm Gladwell reported for the magazine in 1996, upended the "defeatist" model of aging — once we could figure out how to tinker with the telomeres, scientists could find ways to prolong life.
She gave us a whole new model of aging with physical vitality, including an amazing exercise regimen, as well as energetic engagement in the life of the mind and the lives of dear friends and family.
She said she was also concerned that the new model of aging — of being vigorous and engaged and doing for others — "denies the reality of aging".
SAMR1 (control) mice are a model of aging while SAMP8 are adequate to study neurodegenerative processes.
The study is guided by the congruence model of aging people/environment interactions as first suggested by (Kahana (1975).
To test new therapies or diagnostic tools that target such properties as material strength and toughness, a pre-clinical model of aging would be useful in which changes in bone are similar to those that occur with aging in humans.
That's the new model of aging, regardless of political persuasion.
Indeed, a new model of aging may just be the greatest gift we could give our kids this holiday season.
