Why we die : the new science of aging and the quest for immortality / Venki Ramakrishnan.
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Edition: First editionDescription: 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0063113279
- 9780063113275
- 616.07/8 23/eng/20231129
- QP87 .R34 2024
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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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