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| With its origins in General Internal Medicine, the geriatrics program has not had a tradition of basic science research. The Section of Geriatrics is now building a basic science research capability and already has collaborations with basic science researchers in other sections within the Department of Medicine and other departments. Our research colleagues are conducting basic science and translational research on such topics as genes and proteins involved in various forms of dementia, expression of specific cardiac genes in aging and congestive heart failure, mechanisms by which loneliness affects the hormonal and immune systems, and the effects of aging on sleep and hormone cycles. | ||
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