Sunday, January 30, 2011
What processes cause aging?
The one thing that caught my attention right away from the processes that cause aging reading was the paragraph about how some sort of damage is only caused to certain species of animals as compared to damage caused to all animals. As humans age they often develop heart problems as can pigs and some pigeons. Whereas horses tend to die from twisted intestines. Dogs and men often develop prostate cancer something that is never found in mice or rats. Alzheimer's disease is commonly seen in monkeys and humans. I thought this point was very interesting and was never something I really thought about or took into consideration. I do agree with this paragraph and think that each species has its own way or ways of aging to ensure death.
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I thought that was really interesting too. It seems we always think of animals being so closely related to us, even though we know we are different, it is amazing how they die to reasons unique to us as humans. It makes it harder on individuals studying how things age in general because they are so many different aspects and ways that aging affects different organisms.
ReplyDeleteAlysha and Laura, you make a great point. There is so much research on aging that uses other species....but how much can actually be related to the human race?
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