Phenomenon of ageing – a process or a state

Abstract

Ageing is defined as decline in organism’s capabilities for self-repair of growing intracellular damages progressing with the age of the body. There occurs a gradual extinguishing of life functions. This process cannot be avoided, although it may last for varying lengths of time. The problem of ageing is no longer a scientific problem, but has also become a social problem. Therefore, it is very important to quickly and precisely recognize the causes and mechanisms of the process of ageing on all levels of biological organization of the body, starting with cellular structures, through the entire cell, tissues, and individual organs of all systems – the cells lose their replication potential, cease to divide and are ageing.