Understanding and Modulating Aging, Volume 1067ISBN: 978-1-57331-599-9
Paperback
528 pages
July 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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The main areas of discussion and presentation of new research
results include (1) biological and non-biological factors affecting
lifespan and the quality of life; (2) ethical and social issues
related to lifespan and health-span extension; (3) physiological,
cellular, and molecular aspects of aging; (4) new technologies to
understand and modulate aging; (5) the latest successful approaches
in the prevention and treatment of age-related diseases, and (6)
aging intervention, prevention, and modulation by genes, natural
and synthetic molecules, and lifestyle modifications.
Accordingly, the main sections of the volume focus on the following topics: defining aging, longevity, and the diseases of aging; selected aging organs; cellular aging; molecular aging; ethics of aging intervention; genetics of aging and longevity; and aging interventions.
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