Chasing Methuselah. Jeff Donn.
by Donn, Jeff; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 302Family. Publisher: Albuquerque Journal, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Aging -- Genetic aspects | Aging -- Prevention | Diet | Drugs -- Research | Genetics -- Research | Gerontology | LongevityDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Catapulted by advances in biotechnology, scores of researchers have begun to pinpoint genes that may prolong human life while delaying its late-stage diseases, frailties and maybe even gray hair and wrinkles. Their remarkable successes in laboratory animals...have already germinated several drug companies. They hope to develop compounds to stretch healthy lifetimes beyond limits once presumed to be fixed." (ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL) This article describes how "scientists in this new field of aging genetics are already challenging the classic theories of aging and disease."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Chasing Methuselah, Aug. 3, 2003; pp. B8+.
"Catapulted by advances in biotechnology, scores of researchers have begun to pinpoint genes that may prolong human life while delaying its late-stage diseases, frailties and maybe even gray hair and wrinkles. Their remarkable successes in laboratory animals...have already germinated several drug companies. They hope to develop compounds to stretch healthy lifetimes beyond limits once presumed to be fixed." (ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL) This article describes how "scientists in this new field of aging genetics are already challenging the classic theories of aging and disease."
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