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024	7		_a10.1007/978-1-4020-5641-3 _2doi
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100	1		_aHolliday, Robin. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAging: The Paradox Of Life _h[electronic resource] : _bThe biological reasons for aging are now well understood / _cby Robin Holliday.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands, _c2007.
300			_aXIV, 134 p. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0		_aLongevity -- Body Architecture -- Maintenance of the Body -- Multiple Causes -- The Ancient Origins of Ageing -- Mice and Men -- How Many Genes? -- The Evolution of Human Longevity -- Myths of Life Extension -- Doctors' Dilemma -- The Modulation of Longevity -- Ageing and the Angels -- Longevity, Population Pressure and Warfare -- Dialogue between Life and Death -- The Road to Discovery -- Resolution of the Paradox.
520			_aFor centuries people have been puzzled by the inevitability of human aging. For most of the second half of the twentieth century aging remained a mystery, or an unsolved biological problem. At the end of the 20th century a remarkable scientific discovery emerged. It was not a single discovery in the usual sense, because it was based on a series of important interconnected insights over quite a long period of time. These insights made it possible for the very first time to understand the biological reasons for aging in animals and man. It can already be said, however, that the many observations and insights that explain aging will not be accepted as established knowledge for a long time. The field is still full of scientists, and non-scientists, who are just happy to go on speculating about the "mystery" of aging. The aim of this book is to dispel ignorance by explaining in non-technical language what are the reasons for aging and the myth of excessive prolongation of life.
650		0	_aMEDICINE.
650		0	_aGERIATRICS.
650		0	_aBIOCHEMISTRY.
650		0	_aCYTOLOGY.
650		0	_aEVOLUTION (BIOLOGY).
650	1	4	_aMEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH.
650	2	4	_aGERIATRICS/GERONTOLOGY.
650	2	4	_aMOLECULAR MEDICINE.
650	2	4	_aCELL BIOLOGY.
650	2	4	_aEVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY.
650	2	4	_aBIOCHEMISTRY, GENERAL.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781402056406
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5641-3 _zVer el texto completo en las instalaciones del CICY
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