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Biophysics of aging and therapeutic interventions by entropy-variation systems.
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Biogerontology [Biogerontology] 2005; Vol. 6 (1), pp. 77-9. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- The cell is thermodynamically an open system and aging is characterized by an increasingly higher structural disorder (increase of entropy) and functional loss. If a variation of negative entropy is introduced by an external source, an anti-clockwise effect leading to regenerative processes and/or increase of the functional reserve supporting regenerative tissue changes is theoretically expected. The achievement of a negative variation of entropy is the main principle of a new technology which implies an exogenous delivery of energy with higher performance than the physiological production. Promising clinical experiences in liver cirrhosis and in long-standing scarring lesions seem to confirm the clinical applicability of the theoretical model.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1389-5729
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Biogerontology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15834666
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10522-004-7387-6