Human Ageing: A Unique Experience - Implications for the Disease Concept Contributor(s): Singer, Michael Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 9814619124 ISBN-13: 9789814619127 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $125.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Diseases - Medical | Genetics - Medical | Geriatrics |
Dewey: 618.97 |
LCCN: 2014025860 |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.42" W x 8.53" (1.53 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Human Ageing: A Unique Experience explores the biology of human ageing focusing on the individual. The book begins with the premature ageing disorder Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome and spins a web of interconnected biological domains involving lamins, telomeres, alternative splicing, genetics, epigenetics, and molecular clocks. The profound influence of culture is explored since cultural inheritance and genetic inheritance are the two intertwined processes driving human evolution. An empirical framework is developed to describe human ageing at the individual level and the implications of this framework on the whole concept of diseases are discussed. |