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Why we die : the new science of aging and the quest for immortality / Venki Ramakrishnan.

By: Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Edition: First editionDescription: 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0063113279
  • 9780063113275
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Why we dieDDC classification:
  • 616.07/8 23/eng/20231129
LOC classification:
  • QP87 .R34 2024
Contents:
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?
Summary: "A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die-from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QP87 .R34 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 05/07/2025 33039001526267

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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