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The Biology of Death - Origins of Mortality (Hardcover)
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The Biology of Death - Origins of Mortality (Hardcover)
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Why do we die? Do all living creatures share this fate? Is the
body's slow degradation with the passage of time unavoidable, or
can the secrets of longevity be unlocked? Over the past two
decades, scientists studying the workings of genes and cells have
uncovered some of the clues necessary to solve these mysteries. In
this fascinating and accessible book, two neurobiologists share the
often-surprising findings from that research, including the
possibility that aging and natural death may not be forever a
certainty for most living beings. Andre Klarsfeld and Frederic
Revah discuss in detail the latest scientific findings and views on
death and longevity. They challenge many popular assumptions, such
as the idea that the death of individual organisms serves to
rejuvenate species or that death and sexual reproduction are
necessarily linked. Finally, they describe current experimental
approaches to postpone natural death in lower organisms as well as
in mammals. Are all organisms that survive until late in life
condemned to a "natural" death, as a consequence of aging, even if
they live in a well-protected, supportive environment? The
variability of the adult life span from a few hours for some
insects to more than a millennium for the sequoia and thirteen
times that for certain wild berry bushes challenges the notion that
death is unavoidable. Evolutionary theory helps explain why and how
some species have achieved biological mechanisms that seemingly
allow them to resist time. Death cannot be understood without
looking into cells the essential building blocks of life.
Intriguingly, at the level of cells, death is not always an
accident; it is often programmed as an indispensable aspect of
life, which benefits the organism as a whole."
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