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Thymic involution and rising disease incidence with age

For many cancer types, incidence rises rapidly with age as an apparent power law, supporting the idea that cancer is caused by a gradual accumulation of genetic mutations. Similarly, the incidence of many infectious diseases strongly increases with age. Here, combining data from immunology and epide...

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Autores principales: Palmer, Sam, Albergante, Luca, Blackburn, Clare C., Newman, T. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29432166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714478115