How We Age: The Science of Longevity

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Ethics and Economics of Longevity: Is It Right to Study Aging? -- 2. Why Do We Age? -- 3. Studying the Genetics of Human Longevity: Centenarians and What We Can Learn from Them -- 4. Long-Lived Species and Longevity Mutants...

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1. Verfasser: Murphy, Coleen T. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton Princeton University Press 2023
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Zusammenfassung:Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Ethics and Economics of Longevity: Is It Right to Study Aging? -- 2. Why Do We Age? -- 3. Studying the Genetics of Human Longevity: Centenarians and What We Can Learn from Them -- 4. Long-Lived Species and Longevity Mutants of Model Organisms -- 5. What Is Aging (and How Can We Measure It)? Biomarkers of Aging and "Quality of Life" Metrics -- 6. Insulin Signaling, FOXO Targets, and the Regulation of Longevity and Reproduction -- 7. Dietary Restriction: Nutrient and Genetic Regulation of Longevity and Reproduction -- 8. Taking out the Trash: Molecular Homeostasis in the Regulation of Longevity -- 9. Powering Longevity: Mitochondria's Role in Aging and Longevity -- 10. Dracula and Wolverine: How DNA Repair and Cell Replacement Can Help Us Live Long -- 11. Use It or Lose It: Reproductive Aging, the Germline, and Longevity -- 12. Sex, Flies (and Worms), and Videotape: The Battle of the Sexes -- 13. I See Dead Flies: Neurons and Sensory Regulation of Longevity -- 14. Don't You Forget about Me: What We Are Learning about Cognitive Aging and How to Slow It -- 15. Lamarck's Revenge? Transgenerational Inheritance, the "Molecular Clock," and the Epigenetic Regulation of Longevity -- 16. Gut Feelings: The Microbiome and Aging -- 17. Long Life in a Pill? The Future of Longevity: From Bench to Biotech -- Notes -- Index -- A Note on the Type.
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ISBN:9780691250335
DOI:10.1515/9780691250335

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