A Means to an End: The Biological Basis of Aging and Death - Hardcover

Clark, William R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195125932 ISBN 13: 9780195125931

Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Clark William R

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Reseña del editor:

This work covers ageing from a fundamental cell biological perspective. The evolution and developmental genetics of senescence are explained clearly. All the various theories of ageing - the Hayflick limit and telomeric shortening as a possible biological clock, the impacts of somatic mutations, oxidative stress, accumulation of waste materials in cells with age - are explained and critically assessed. The author presents vivid case accounts about disorders that open windows on to the ageing process. The impacts of ageing on the brain and nervous system are given special attention, as are the effects of caloric restriction on maximum lifespan.

Biografía del autor:

Professor Emeritus of Immunology at UCLA and an internationally recognized authority on cellular immune reactions, William R. Clark is the author of The New Healers: Molecular Medicine in the Twenty-First Century, Sex and the Origins of Death, and At War Within: The Double Edged Sword of Immunity, all published by OUP.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0195125932
• ISBN 13: 9780195125931
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 251