Publications by authors named "Amalia G Diaconeasa"

The process of biological aging or senescence refers to the gradual loss of homeostasis and subsequent loss of function - leading to higher chances of mortality. Many mechanisms and driving forces have been suggested to facilitate the evolution of a molecular circuit acting as a trade-off between survival and proliferation, resulting in senescence. A major observation on biological aging and longevity in humans and model organisms is the prevalence of significant sexual divergence in the onset, mechanisms and effects of aging associated processes.

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Background: Most syndromes of accelerated aging are caused by mutations affecting the integrity of the genetic material. Among them, the most studied is Werner's syndrome, "adult progeria", caused by a recessive autosomal mutation with a frequency of 1 in 10 million, which affects a helicase involved in DNA repair. In Werner syndrome, there is a loss of heterochromatin, though the stability of heterochromatin is also affected in "normal" aging.

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Article Synopsis
  • Screening tissue samples for glycogen helps evaluate aging and health status.
  • Two types of needle-based stochastic sensors, using different maltodextrins, were developed for this purpose.
  • These sensors effectively provide both qualitative and quantitative glycogen analysis in tissue samples, achieving detection limits as low as 1 femtomole per liter.
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Introduction And Aims: There are over 300 hypotheses of aging, but none of them has enough predictive power to explain most experiments and observations on this process. On the basis of a critical analysis of the most relevant data on aging, especially on the factors that influences its rhythm, we present a new hypothesis, as well as the way the hypothesis' predictions explain some of the phylogenetic implications of the aging process.

Methods: The hypothesis starts from a new, biochemical view on evolution and the behavior of living matter.

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