Why we die : the new science of aging and the quest for immortality /
Ramakrishnan, Venki, 1952-
Why we die : the new science of aging and the quest for immortality / Venki Ramakrishnan. - First edition. - 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-298) and index.
Introduction -- The immortal gene and the disposable body -- Live fast and die young -- Destroying the master controller -- The problem with ends -- Resetting the biological clock -- Recycling the garbage -- Less is more -- Lessons from a lowly worm -- The stowaway within us -- Aches, pains, and vampire blood -- Crackpots or prophets? -- Should we live forever?
"A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die-from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan"--
0063113279 9780063113275
2023033370
Death.
Death (Biology)
Death--Causes.
QP87 / .R34 2024
616.07/8
Why we die : the new science of aging and the quest for immortality / Venki Ramakrishnan. - First edition. - 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-298) and index.
Introduction -- The immortal gene and the disposable body -- Live fast and die young -- Destroying the master controller -- The problem with ends -- Resetting the biological clock -- Recycling the garbage -- Less is more -- Lessons from a lowly worm -- The stowaway within us -- Aches, pains, and vampire blood -- Crackpots or prophets? -- Should we live forever?
"A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die-from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan"--
0063113279 9780063113275
2023033370
Death.
Death (Biology)
Death--Causes.
QP87 / .R34 2024
616.07/8