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

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Release: 1999-04-22
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0195125932
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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Why do we age? Is aging inevitable? Will advances in medical knowledge allow us to extend the human lifespan beyond its present limits? Because growing old has long been the one irreducible reality of human existence, these intriguing questions arise more often in the context of science fiction than science fact. But recent discoveries in the fields of cell biology and molecular genetics are seriously challenging the assumption that human lifespans are beyond our control.
With such discoveries in mind, noted cell biologist William R. Clark clearly and skillfully describes how senescence begins at the level of individual cells and how cellular replication may be bound up with aging of the entire organism. He explores the evolutionary origin and function of aging, the cellular connections between aging and cancer, the parallels between cellular senescence and Alzheimer's disease, and the insights gained through studying human genetic disorders--such as Werner's syndrome--tha Download A Means to an End for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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