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On The Study Of Age-Related Physiological Decline In C. Elegans, Drew Benjamin Sinha
On The Study Of Age-Related Physiological Decline In C. Elegans, Drew Benjamin Sinha
McKelvey School of Engineering Theses & Dissertations
Aging decline is a universal and unescapable phenomenon; as organisms reach maturity and continue living, physiological function inevitably declines, resulting in mortality. While the study of mortality has been long studied, technical and practical challenges have limited the equally important study of how/when individuals deteriorate and what types of factors affect that deterioration. This gap in knowledge is not only evident in a relative lack of empirical data on physiological decline, but considerable debate around the analysis and conceptual interpretations of the little data that is available.
In this dissertation, I use quantitative reasoning and analysis of longitudinal data to …