| Biomedical Advances in Aging 1990 Edition Contributor(s): Goldstein, Allan L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0306432757 ISBN-13: 9780306432750 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Gynecology & Obstetrics |
| Dewey: 618.1 |
| LCCN: 89072140 |
| Series: Topics in Gastroenterology |
| Physical Information: 586 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The VIIIth Annual International Spring Symposium on Health Sciences held at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., attracted over three hun- dred fifty scientists from twenty-five countries. The leading scientific experts in the field reported on recent biomedical advances in aging. They provided an up-to-date account of the molecular, genetic, nutritional, and immunological mechanisms associated with the aging process and approaches to intervention and treatment of the major disorders associated with the aging process, including Alzheimer's disease. A unique aspect of this meeting was a concurrent one-day hearing of the U.S. Senate Sub-Committee on Aging, organized by the Alliance for Aging Research. The theme for the hearing was "Advances in Aging Research." Seven scientists attending our aging sym- posium were asked to testify. They were Drs. Carl Cotman (University of California-Irvine), Trudy Bush (Johns Hopkins University), Takashi Makinodan (University of California-Los Angeles), William Ershler (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Gino Doria (ENEA, Rome), Mr. Dan Perry (Director of the Alliance for Aging Research), and myself. |