Quest for Human Longevity - Science, Business, and Public Policy

Informationen zum Autor Lewis D. Solomon Klappentext Over the past decade! impressive results have been achieved in targeting the mechanisms and pathways of aging. Solomon considers these scientific studies by exploring the principal biomedical and anti-aging techniques. In this book! he considers cutting-edge research on mental enhancements and assesses the scientific doubts of skeptics. Zusammenfassung Many scientists today are working to retard the aging process in humans so as to increase both life expectancy and the quality of life Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Second Longevity Revolution; 2: The Ups and Downs of Telomeres and Telomerase: Geron Corp.; 3: Oxidative Damage from Free Radicals and the Anti-Oxidant Antidote: Juvenon, Inc. and Eukarion, Inc.; 4: Caloric Restriction and Its Mimics: BioMarker Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; 5: Genetic Manipulation, Its Mimics, and Biochemical Activators: Elixir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; 6: The Search for Memory-Enhancing Drugs: Helicon Therapeutics, Inc., Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp., and Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; 7: Life Extension: Public Policy Aspects

Product details

• Authors: Lewis D. Solomon, Solomon Lewis D.
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2005
• EAN: 9780765803009
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0300-9
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Reproductive Medicine & Technology, SCIENCE / Research & Methodology, Human reproduction, growth & development, Scientific research, Science Funding & Policy, Science funding and policy, Human reproduction, growth and development