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Biology of Aging (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)
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Biology of Aging (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)
Series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, 30
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The survival of the human species has improved significantly in
modern times. During the last century, the mean survival of human
populations in developed countries has increased more than during
the preceding 5000 years. This improvement in survival was
accompanied by an increase in the number of active years. In other
words, the increase in mean life span was accompanied by an
increase in health span. This is now accentuated by progress in
medicine reducing the impact of physiologic events such as
menopause and of patho logical processes such as atherosclerosis.
Up to now, research on aging, whether theoretical or experimental,
has not contributed to improvement in human survival. Actually,
there is a striking contrast between these significant
modifications in survival and the present knowledge of the
mechanisms of human aging. Revealed by this state of affairs are
the profound disagreements between gerontologists in regard to the
way oflooking at the aging process. The definition of aging itself
is difficult to begin with because of the variability of how it
occurs in different organisms."
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