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Human Longevity - Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Bioenergetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution (Hardcover)
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Human Longevity - Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Bioenergetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution (Hardcover)
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More than 7 billion people inhabit the earth and all of them are
subject to aging. This book is aimed at persons interested in a
molecular explanation of how our cells age. Human Longevity:
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Bioenergetics, Molecular Biology, and
Evolution is built on the proposition that we age as our
mitochondria age. It suggests a revised version of Harman's famous
hypothesis featuring mitochondrial oxidative and energy stresses as
the root causes of aging. Human cells are protected from the
ravages of aging by a battery of defensive systems including some
novel mechanisms against membrane oxidation introduced in this
book. This concept is consistent with recent discoveries showing
that mitochondria-targeted antioxidants prevent Huntington's
disease, Parkinson's disease, and traumatic brain disease in animal
models of neurodegeneration. This book explores a unified theory of
aging based on bioenergetics. It covers a variety of topics
including an introduction to the science of human aging, the
Darwinian selection of membranes enabling longevity, a revised
mitochondrial membrane hypothesis of aging, and various mechanisms
that protect human mitochondrial membranes, thereby enabling
longevity.
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