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Borrowed time : the science of how and why we age

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text Borrowed time : the science of how and why we age

Armstrong, Sue

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Summary
"The question of how and why organisms age has teased scientists for centuries. There are myriad competing theories, from the idea that aging is a simple wear and tear process, like the rusting of a car, to the belief that aging and death are gene... Read more
Contents
What is ageing? -- Wear and tear? -- Telomeres : measuring the lifetime of cells -- Cell senescence : down but not out -- Old before their time -- Ming the Mollusc and other models -- It's in the genes -- Eat less, live longer? -- The immune syste... Read more
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272 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma 2019
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Woodmere (Main Branch) 612.6 ARM in Adult Non-fiction Available

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