Aging: The Paradox Of Life The biological reasons for aging are now well understood /

• Main Author: Holliday, Robin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Geriatrics.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Molecular Medicine.; Cell Biology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Biochemistry, general.

For centuries people have been puzzled by the inevitability of human aging. For most of the second half of the twentieth century aging remained a mystery, or an unsolved biological problem. At the end of the 20th century a remarkable scientific discovery emerged. It was not a single discovery in the...

Table of Contents:

• Longevity
• Body Architecture
• Maintenance of the Body
• Multiple Causes
• The Ancient Origins of Ageing
• Mice and Men
• How Many Genes?
• The Evolution of Human Longevity
• Myths of Life Extension
• Doctors’ Dilemma
• The Modulation of Longevity
• Ageing and the Angels
• Longevity, Population Pressure and Warfare
• Dialogue between Life and Death
• The Road to Discovery
• Resolution of the Paradox.