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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (252 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780195348392
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Means to an EndDDC classification:
  • 612.6/7
LOC classification:
  • QH608.C53 1999
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Aging, Senescence, and Lifespan -- 2. The Nature of Cellular Senescence and Death -- 3. The Evolution of Senescence and Death -- 4. Of Embryos and Worms and Very Old Men: The Developmental Genetics of Senescence and Lifespan -- 5. Human Genetic Diseases That Mimic the Aging Process -- 6. Cycling to Senescence -- 7. Replicative Immortality: Cancer and Aging -- 8. Caloric Restriction and Maximum Lifespan -- 9. With Every Breath We Take: Oxidative Stress and Cellular Senescence -- 10. The Aging Brain -- 11. A Conditional Benefit -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Aging, Senescence, and Lifespan -- 2. The Nature of Cellular Senescence and Death -- 3. The Evolution of Senescence and Death -- 4. Of Embryos and Worms and Very Old Men: The Developmental Genetics of Senescence and Lifespan -- 5. Human Genetic Diseases That Mimic the Aging Process -- 6. Cycling to Senescence -- 7. Replicative Immortality: Cancer and Aging -- 8. Caloric Restriction and Maximum Lifespan -- 9. With Every Breath We Take: Oxidative Stress and Cellular Senescence -- 10. The Aging Brain -- 11. A Conditional Benefit -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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