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Assignment Week 8,9

Assignment Week 8,9

Q Goal: For this assignment, you will be watching a video on factors that influences aging and answering questions about them. Questions: 1. According to Dr. Ames's low-level deficiency of micronutrient result in which condition? 2. According to Dr. Mcgregor's research, which micronutrient causes DNA damage in mice and humans? 3. What is Dr. Ames triage theory? 4. What did you find most interesting about this video? About Dr.Bruce Ames: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Ames

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1. As per Dr. Ames, Inadequate intakes may result in chronic metabolic disruption, including mitochondrial decay. Deficiencies in many micronutrients cause DNA damage, such as chromosome breaks, in cultured human cells etc. 2. Zinc deficiency causes complex IV deficiency and the release of oxidants, resulting in significant oxidative damage to DNA.