Molecular Aspects of Aging

What Can Evolution Theory Tell Us About the Mechanisms of Aging?; Nuclear Genes in Aging; Aging and Genetic Instabilities; Genes Controlling Programmed Cell Death: Relation to Mechanisms of Cell Senescence and Aging?; Group Report: Research on Diverse Model Systems and the Genetic Basis of Aging and Longevity; Free Radicals in Aging: Theories, Facts, and Artifacts; Oxidative Damage to Mitochondrial DNA and its Relationship to Aging; Is Oxidative Stress a Casual Factor in Aging?; The Status of Oxidatively Modified Proteins as a Marker of Aging; Group Report: Do Research Findings from Diverse Model Systems Support Oxidative Damage Theories of Aging?; Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Human Disease and Aging; Does Aging Favour Translocation of Mitochondrial DNA Fragments to the Nuclear Genome?; DNA Repair in Mitochondria: How is it Limited?; Group Report: The Role of Bioenergetics and Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Aging and Age-Related Diseases; Pathogenic Mechanisms in Alzheimer Syndromes and Related Disorders; The Role of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disease; Lipoprotein Oxidation and Atherosclerosis; Gerontology: The Study of Aging as the Study of Cancer; Group Report: Do Common Underlying Mechanisms of Aging Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Major Geriatric Disorders?