Aging

Description

Pages:
254
Language:
English
Format:
PDF
Size:
18 MB
ASIN:
B0CW1BXCJ7
ISBN-10:
0443155003, 0443155011
ISBN-13:
9780443155000, 978-0443155000, 978-0-443-15500-0, 9780443155017, 978-0443155017
by Michael Fossel MD PhD (Editor)

Aging: How Aging Works, How We Reverse Aging, and Prospects for Curing Aging Diseases explains the process of aging beyond mere entropy, exposing it as a complicated and dynamic process that undercuts maintenance and permits age-related disease. With a deeper understanding of the aging process, intervention becomes both easy to understand and clinically feasible. With a solid academic approach, this proposed book builds upon the substantial work published over the past 20 years, citing the newest data, up-to-date models based upon that data, and the implications for improved clinical intervention, including recent developments in gene and cell therapy. Coverage of age-related diseases includes neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, bone and joint, immune system, renal, pulmonary, and skin aging. Future directions of the field focus on interventions, including a summary of previous attempts to intervene in aging and age-related disease, the status of current research, and proposed biotech interventions, as well as their potential obstacles, risks, and benefits. This is the perfect reference for scientists, clinicians, and researchers interested in the translational research opportunities such as drug discovery, pharmacogenetics, and experimental therapeutics, not only summarizing where the field stands, but giving a clear and cogent view of where clinical medicine is going in the next decade.

Provides a sophisticated, accurate, and clear explanation of aging
Gives a clear explanation of the fundamental role of cell aging in age-related disease
Offers a unified model for the role of epigenetic and telomere changes in cell aging
Outlines effective approaches to intervention in the fundamental aging process
Introduces upcoming interventions intended to both cure and prevent age-related diseases