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Transient frailty induced by cell division. Observation, reasons and implications
Zengru Di, Eduardo M. Garcia-Roger, Peter Richmond +2
We know that stress-factors, e.g. X-rays, have an effect on cells that is more lethal in rapid exponential growth than in stationary phase. It is this effect which makes radiothera…
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A joint explanation of infant and old age mortality
Peter Richmond, Bertrand M. Roehner
Infant deaths and old age deaths are very different. The former are mostly due to severe congenital malformations of one or a small number of specific organs. On the contrary, old…