This volume of "Advances in Cell Aging and Gerontology" provides a timely review on the molecular and cellular basis of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Age itself is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, which include loss of vasomotor function, athero- and arterio-sclerosis, hypertension, congestive heart failure and stroke. Together these pathologies comprise the leading causes of permanent disability, hospitalization and death for individuals over the age of 65. Thus, there is a critical need to assess both the age-associated causes leading to CVD as well as the current state of knowledge on preventive regimens designed to slow or modulate disease progression.

This book concisely summarizes the current knowledge related to the major aspects contributing to cardiovascular disfunction in the elderly as well as potential ways of maintaining or improving human cardiovascular healthspan.

This book reviews research in the field of detergent types, their components and uses. Discussed herein are biosurfactants and their uses in the petroleum industry and in hydrocarbon pollution remediation; detergent-based DNA extraction techniques in molecular biology; enzyme usage as an active ingredient in detergents and the influence of different detergents on the preservation of the cytoskeleton and detergent-resistant membranes on whole-mounted cells. In this compilation, also explored, is the study on the synthesis, separation, analysis and performance of sulfo fatty methyl ester sulfonates as new anionic surfactants.