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The Origins of Ageing

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Cellular senescence is the consequence of multiple factors, including genome instability, heredity, abnormalities in telomere function, proteostasis, epigenetics, and microbiota.

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    A recent review article focused on healthy aging and microbiota was mainly centered on experimental approaches and did not succeeds in isolating any specific bacterial families in elderly [55].

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Swynghedauw, B. (2019). The Origins of Ageing. In: The Biology of Senescence. Practical Issues in Geriatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15111-9_3

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