Why we die :The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
Venki Ramakrishnan
Why we die :The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan - London : Hodder Press, 2024. - 310p., b & w ill.
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?
"A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die-from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan"-
9781529369250
Death : Aging
616.078 / VEN/W
Why we die :The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan - London : Hodder Press, 2024. - 310p., b & w ill.
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?
"A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die-from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan"-
9781529369250
Death : Aging
616.078 / VEN/W