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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">vestnik-bio-msu</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Вестник Московского университета. Серия 16. Биология</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 16. Biologiya</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">0137-0952</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Lomonosov Moscow State University,  School of Biology</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.55959/MSU0137-0952-16-78-2-5</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">vestnik-bio-msu-1237</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МНЕНИЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>OPINION</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Основы биологии старения для небиологов МГУ</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Basics of biology of aging for MSU non-biologists</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7454-7023</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Хохлов</surname><given-names>А. Н.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Khokhlov</surname><given-names>A. N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Хохлов Александр Николаевич – докт. биол. наук,  зав. сектором эволюционной цитогеронтологии биологического факультета. Тел.: 8-495-939-15-90</p><p>119234, Москва, Ленинские горы, д. 1, стр. 12</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Evolutionary Cytogerontology Sector, School of Biology</p><p>1–12 Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119234</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">khokhlov@mail.bio.msu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>09</day><month>07</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>78</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>115</fpage><lpage>120</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Хохлов А.Н., 2023</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Хохлов А.Н.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Khokhlov A.N.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vestnik-bio-msu.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1237">https://vestnik-bio-msu.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1237</self-uri><abstract><p>Кратко излагается история создания курса лекций «Основы биологии старения» на биологическом факультете Московского государственного университета имени  М.В. Ломоносова, а также в Центре инженерно-медицинских и биологических наук Харбинского политехнического университета. В процессе чтения этого курса у автора сложилось впечатление, что основные его положения могут быть интересными и для студентов небиологических специальностей, которые в последнее время довольно часто подключаются к работе по реализации геронтологических грантов. Во многом это определяется, по-видимому, значительно возросшим за последние годы финансированием такого рода исследований. В свою очередь, это является следствием того, что средняя продолжительность жизни людей в развитых странах резко возросла за последние десятилетия. Однако максимальная продолжительность жизни практически не изменилась (она сейчас такая же, как и тысячелетия назад, просто шансов дожить до возраста долгожителя стало гораздо больше). Если раньше часто умирали в раннем возрасте от различных не связанных с возрастом болезней (главным образом – инфекционных), то сейчас, вследствие значительных успехов медицины, большинство людей доживают до старости. В результате смерть «от старения» становится все более распространенной. В то же время многие весьма смутно представляют себе, что такое старение, каковы его механизмы и как можно с ним бороться. В связи с этим в 2022 г. в МГУ был организован межфакультетский курс лекций по выбору для студентов любых подразделений университета, кроме самого биологического факультета. Он называется «Основы биологии старения, или все, что вы хотели знать о старении (но боялись спросить)». Материал лекций был специально адаптирован для студентов, не являющихся по основной специальности биологами. Основной акцент в курсе, состоящем из 12 лекций, сделан на фундаментальных определениях и методических/методологических подходах, используемых в геронтологии. В статье перечислены вопросы, вынесенные на зачет, и кратко анализируются его результаты.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The history of the creation of the course of lectures “Basics of the Biology of Aging” at the School of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University, as well as at the Department of Life Science and Engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology is briefly described. In the process of teaching this course, the author got the impression that its main provisions may also be of interest to students of non-biological specialties, who have recently been quite often involved in the work on the implementation of gerontological grants. This is largely determined, apparently, by the significantly increased funding for this kind of research in recent years. In turn, this is a consequence of the fact that the average life span of people in developed countries has increased dramatically over the past decades. However, the maximum life span has not changed much (it is now the same as it was thousands of years ago, it is just that the chances of living to the age of a centenarian have become much greater). If earlier people often died at an early age from various diseases not related to age (mainly infectious diseases), now, due to significant advances in medicine, most people live to old age. As a result, death “from aging” is becoming more common. At the same time, many people have a very vague idea of what aging is, what are its mechanisms and how to fight it. In this regard, in 2022, an interschool elective course of lectures was organized at MSU for students of any departments of the university, except for the School of Biology itself. It is called “Basics of the biology of aging, or everything you wanted to know about aging (but were afraid to ask).” The material of the lectures was specially adapted for students who are not biologists by their main specialty. The main emphasis in the course, consisting of 12 lectures, is made on the fundamental definitions and methodical/methodological approaches used in gerontology. The article lists the questions submitted for the students’ test and briefly analyzes its results.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>старение</kwd><kwd>геронтология</kwd><kwd>курс лекций</kwd><kwd>преподавание</kwd><kwd>студенты небиологических специальностей</kwd><kwd>Московский университет</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>aging</kwd><kwd>gerontology</kwd><kwd>course of lectures</kwd><kwd>teaching</kwd><kwd>non-biology students</kwd><kwd>Moscow University</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Работа выполнена в рамках государственного задания МГУ, ч. 2 (фундаментальные научные исследования, № 121032300215-6).</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This work was performed under the state assignment of Moscow State University, project number 121032300215-6.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Khokhlov A.N. 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