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Inflammation and Life-Span

Calogero CarusoGiuseppina Colonna-romanoDomenico LioGiuseppina CandoreClaudio Franceschi

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InflammationGerontologyPolymorphism GeneticMultidisciplinarybiologyLife spanmedia_common.quotation_subjectLongevityLongevityInflammationBiological evolutionInfectionsBiological EvolutionLife ExpectancyCardiovascular Diseasesbiology.animalmedicineLife expectancyCytokinesHumansmedicine.symptomAllelesFinchmedia_common

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In their Review “Inflammatory exposure and historical changes in human life-spans” (17 Sept., p. [1736][1]), C. E. Finch and E. M. Crimmins reinforce earlier suggestions that many diseases and disabilities of older age have their roots in previous exposures to infectious agents and other sources

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.307.5707.208