TY - BOOK AU - Ramakrishnan,Venki TI - Why we die: the new science of aging and the quest for immortality SN - 0063113279 AV - QP87 .R34 2024 U1 - 616.07/8 23/eng/20231129 PY - 2024///] CY - New York, NY PB - William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Death KW - Death (Biology) KW - Causes N1 - 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? N2 - "A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die-from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan"-- ER -