The new biology : aging : theories and potential therapiest / Joseph Panno.
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TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, c2005.Description: xvii, 156 p. : ill. 24 cmISBN: - 816049513
- R QH 308 .P194ag 2005
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Contents: 1. The Quest for immortality - 2. Aging theories - 3. Age-related diseases - 4. Antiaging medicine - 5. The History of Gerontology - 6. The Search for longevity genes - 7. Geriatrics - 8. Resource center
Tackles all aspects of this fascinating subject, from natural processes to technological developments, and describes past and present research into extending the human life span. Attempts to understand the aging process and how their resulting theories, many generated from the studies of the fruit fly and housefly, have provided a basis of knowledge in the field of gerontology is depicted in this book. The book not only examines the use of hormone therapy and antioxidants, including possible ways to reverse the effects of aging, but also their side effects and monetary investments. In summary, the book represents the efforts, progress, and realities of aging.
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