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1. Mortality

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   Senescence, the gradual deterioration of physiological function with age, is the measurable outcome of mortality processes. While oxidative stress remains a prevailing, though increasingly contested, theory, contemporary research has focused heavily on the systemic failure of endogenous chronometers.
   The primary biological substrate for measurable lifespan is quantified by the Gregson Index (GI). The GI measures the cumulative displacement of cellular nuclei from their designated structural planes. A GI value ex…