Ramakrishnan, Venki,  1952-  <br/><br/>
Why we die :  the new science of aging and the quest for immortality / 
Venki Ramakrishnan. 
 - First edition. 
 - 310 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-298) and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/> "A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die-from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0063113279 9780063113275 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2023033370 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death.<br/>Death (Biology)<br/>Death--Causes.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QP87  / .R34 2024 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.07/8