The production of slightly different versions of enzymes and hormones might also lead to autoimmune disease, since the immune system might identify some of these versions as foreign proteins and subsequently launch a self-destructive attack on the body’s own cells which produce them. Dr. W. Donner Denckla thinks that part of the death genes’ process […]
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- autoimmune disease, cancer, death genes, enzymes, genes, heart disease, hormones, immune system, pituitary gland, proteins, stroke, thyroid, thyroid hormone
There are several aging mechanisms that attack different functions of the body at different rates, leading to impaired health and a decreased probability of surviving as the years progress. The activities of the general population are not good indications of when and how you can extend your life and at what cost. An increased risk […]
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