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Challenges of Biological Aging.
This volume provides the non-biologist an overview of what is known about the physiological bases of aging. The author examines the many basic theories and emerging hypotheses underlying the molecular, cellular, and systemic processes involved in senescence. He addresses the normal physiological cha...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer Pub. Co.,
1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume provides the non-biologist an overview of what is known about the physiological bases of aging. The author examines the many basic theories and emerging hypotheses underlying the molecular, cellular, and systemic processes involved in senescence. He addresses the normal physiological changes that characterize the aging phenotype, and also considers the role of many age-associated diseases in growing older. Masoro synthesizes a much-needed "unified theory" of biological aging to which explains how and why the body grows into the condition we call "old." This text. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826117113 0826117112 1281765643 9781281765642 9786611765644 6611765646 0826100821 9780826100825 |