TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacobs, Christopher R.
AU  - Huang, Hayden
TI  - Introduction to cell mechanics and mechanobiology
SN  - 9780815344254
AV  - QH 645.5 .J33 2013 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Garland Publishing
KW  - CELLS -- AGING
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Basic concepts in the biology of aging -- Measuring biological aging -- Evolutionary theories of longevity and aging -- Cellular aging -- Genetics of longevity -- Plant senescence -- Human longevity -- The physiology of human aging -- Age-related disease in humans -- Modulating human aging and longevity -- Appendix: US life table calculations -- Glossary
N2  - Biology of Aging presents the biological principles that have led to a new understanding of the causes of aging and describes how these basic principles help one to understand the human experience of biological aging, longevity, and age-related disease. Intended for undergraduate biology students, it describes how the rate of biological aging is measured; explores the mechanisms underlying cellular aging; discusses the genetic pathways that affect longevity in various organisms; outlines the normal age-related changes and the functional decline that occurs in physiological systems over the lifespan; and considers the implications of modulating the rate of aging and longevity. The book also includes end-of-chapter discussion questions to help students assess their knowledge of the material
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