Ending aging : the rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime / Aubrey de Grey ; with Michael Rae.

Title
  1. Ending aging : the rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime / Aubrey de Grey ; with Michael Rae.
Published by
  1. New York : St. Martin's Press, c2007.
Author
  1. De Grey, Aubrey D. N. J., 1963-

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Additional authors
  1. Rae, Michael
Description
  1. x, 389 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
  1. Drawing on controversial theories, argues that everyday people can live to be one thousand years old if they overcome six biological problems related to toxic waste, aging, and disease.
Subject
  1. Longevity
  2. Aging > Molecular aspects
  3. Biotechnology
  4. Aging
  5. Cellular Senescence
  6. Life Expectancy
Contents
  1. The eureka moment -- Wake up-aging kills! -- Demystifying aging -- Engineering rejuvenation -- Meltdown of the cellular power plants -- Getting off the grid -- Upgrading the biological incinerators -- Cutting free of the cellular spider webs -- Breaking the shackles of age -- Putting the zombies to rest -- New cells for old -- Nuclear mutations and the total defeat of cancer -- Getting from here to there: the war on aging -- Bootstrapping our way to an ageless future -- War bonds for the campaign against aging.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-362) and index.