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Ageing: Lessons from C. Elegans

Ageing: Lessons from C. Elegans

Gill, Matthew S.

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Series: Healthy Ageing and Longevity, Book 5

Medical ReferenceBiologyZoology

ISBN10: 3319831143
ISBN13: 9783319831145
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jul 11 2018
Pages: 439
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book brings together in one volume the current state of ageing research in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The authors are leading researchers in the field, placing this topic in the context of human ageing, describing how and why basic discoveries in this simple organism have impacted our prospects for intervention in the ageing process. The authors cover a broad range of topics with regards to organismal and reproductive ageing including anatomical, physiological and biochemical changes, as well as genetic and environmental interventions that promote longevity and ameliorate age-related disease. Ageing is the single most important factor determining the onset of human disease in developed countries. With current worldwide demographic trends indicating that the number of individuals over the age of 65 will continue to rise, it is clear that an understanding of the processes that underpin ageing and age-related disease represents a key challenge in thebiomedical sciences. In recent years there have been huge advances in our understanding of the ageing process and many of these have stemmed from genetic analysis of C. elegans.

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