The Future of Aging Pathways to Human Life Extension /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fahy, Gregory M. (Editor), West, Michael D. (Editor), Coles, L. Stephen (Editor), Harris, Steven B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Biotechnology.; Nanochemistry.; Medicine > Philosophy.; Geriatrics.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Philosophy of Medicine.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

Just as the health costs of aging threaten to bankrupt developed countries, this book makes the scientific case that a biological "bailout" could be on the way, and that human aging can be different in the future than it is today. Here 40 authors argue how our improving understanding of th...