Recent discusion has touched upon the question as to whether cell division
is related
to human ageing. The answer is clearly that cell division is related
to human ageing. There is some indirect evidence for this statement;
but there is direct evidence
in the human genetic condition known as Werner's Syndrome.
In this condition, there is severe premature ageing and the life-span
is approximately halved. Cells from these patients show a much
reduced (between 3 and 5 fold) ability to proliferate, thus it
is now clear that there is some, currently unclear connection between
cell proliferation and human ageing.
Sydney Shall
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Sydney SHALL,
Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology,
Biology Building,
University of Sussex,
Brighton,
East Sussex BN1 9QG,
ENGLAND.
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