Human life expectancy in developed countries has increased steadily for over 150 years,
through improvements in public health and lifestyle. More people are hence living long …

A broad biological approach makes it possible to understand why ageing exists and also
why different mammalian species have very different maximum logevities. The adult …

Each animal species displays a specific life span, rate of aging and pattern of development
of age-dependent diseases. The genetic bases of these related features are being studied …

This book presents a completely novel approach to the understanding of ageing, which
many believe is an unsolved problem in biology. It explains why ageing exists in animals …

The engines that drive the complex process of aging are being identified by model-organism
research, thereby providing potential targets and rationale for drug studies. Several studies …

The field of aging is at a precipice. Attention and funding are increasingly focused on this
area, and exciting, fundamentally important findings are being reported literally every day …

Long before the fountain of youth, mankind has had an interest in staying young. As we
move into the 21st century, that interest has not only continued, but it has become an …

Between the 1930s and 50s, evolutionary biologists developed a successful theory of why
organisms age, firmly rooted in population genetic principles. By the 1980s the evolution of …

Understanding why and how senescence evolved is of great importance in investigating the
multiple, complex mechanisms that influence the course of ageing in humans and other …

Once thought to be an extremely complex conundrum of weak genetic and environmental
effects, exceptional longevity is beginning to yield genetic findings. Numerous lower …