Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 157-158, February 2002

Philosophy of aging

Department of Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Japan

Received 7 December 2000; accepted 16 August 2001.

Abstract 

Aging is a complex biological process with a poorly understood mechanism of its regulation. Although numerous theoretical and experimental reports were dedicated to this interesting problem, it is doubtful that a single theory or mechanism can explain the nature of aging. In order to facilitate our current understanding of the aging process, we propose to consider it from a philosophical point of view based on a few postulates.

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  • f1 Correspondence to: Bogdan I. Gerashchenko MD, Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739–8526, Japan. Phone: +81824247443; Fax: +81824240734; E-mail: bogdan@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

PII: S0306-9877(01)91500-2

doi:10.1054/mehy.2001.1500

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 157-158, February 2002

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