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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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2018
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