Reversal of informational entropy and the acquisition of germ-like immortality by somatic cells

Current Aging Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-16

  Kyriazis, Marios ^a  

^a ELPIs Foundation for Indefinite Lifespans   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell immortalisation; Complex adaptive systems; Environmental enrichment; Information; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENTROPY; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOMATIC CELL; ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; ENERGY METABOLISM; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904725899     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609807666140521101102     Document Type: Article

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