Ending aging : the rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime / Aubre...
Ending aging : the rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime / Aubre...
Ending aging : the rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime / Aubrey de Grey ; with Michael Rae.
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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G 2014/2320
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 389 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. The Eureka moment -- 2. Wake up - aging kills! -- 3. Demystifying aging -- 4. Engineering rejuvenation -- 5. Meltdown of the cellular power plants -- 6. Getting off the grid -- 7. Upgrading the biological incinerators -- 8. Cutting free of the cellular spider webs -- 9. Breaking the shackles of a...
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"Dr. de Grey believes that the key biomedical technology required to eliminate aging-derived debilitation and death entirely - technology that would not only slow but periodically reverse age-related physiological decay, leaving us biologically young into an indefinite future - is now within reach."
"In Ending Aging, Dr. de Grey and his research assistant, Michael Rae, describe the details of this biotechnology. They explain that the aging of the human body, just like the aging of man-made machines, results from an accumulation of various types of damage. As with man-made machines, this damage can periodically be repaired, leading to indefinit...
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Ending aging : the rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime / Aubrey de Grey ; with Michael Rae.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF/N612.68/28.
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G 2014/2320
Record Identifier
74VKz355xxVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKz355xxVA
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ISBN
0312367066
9780312367060
DDC
612.68
MMS ID
991023453009702626
