Borrowed Time : The Science of How and Why We Age /: The Science of How and Why We Age. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sue Armstrong.
• Authors: Armstrong, Sue
• Contents: PrologueChapter 1: A question of definitionChapter 2: Wear and tear?Chapter 3: Telomeres: the ticking clock in our cellsChapter 4: down but not out: senescent cellsChapter 5: Old before their timeChapter 6: Ming the mollusc and other modelsChapter 7: It's in the genesChapter 8: Eat less; live longer Chapter 9: Epigenetics and stem cellsChapter 10: The ageing immune systemChapter 11: The sting in the tail of HIV/AIDSChapter 12: The Big D – familial Alzheimer's diseaseChapter 13: Broken brains Chapter 14: Turning back the clock.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Sigma
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; Life sciences: general issues; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Cytology; Science -- General; Popular science
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472936073; 1472936078
• Related ISBNs: 9781472936066
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.