In Japan cancer mortality statistics have been prepared by site, sex, and age group since 1937. The trends in age-adjusted death rates for selected sites from 1937 to 1975 in intervals of two or three years, and the age-adjusted death rates for some sites by prefecture in 1968-1972 were summarized. Concerning the accuracy of cancer mortality statistics, special consideration should be given to ...

The death occurred on the 2nd November, at 4-59 a.m. at his residence, in the little village of Ayot St. Lawrence, of this great man of arts, letters, philosophy, satire and controversy, at the ripe old age of 94. In living to this age, G. B. S. divorced age from senility successfully. Our interest no. 1 lies in recording this fact. Longevity without senility is the objective of to-day's medici...

Progeria is an autosomal recessive disorder showing precocious senility. The cultured skin fibroblast from both the homozygous affected individual and the heterozygous parents can be distinguished from normals by decreased cell growth in culture. Mitotic activity, DNA synthesis, and cloning efficiency are markedly reduced.