EAN: 9789811021541

TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL GERONTOLOGY GEBUNDEN

This book presents a collection of articles on various aspects of current research on aging.
These include model systems  cellular  biochemical and molecular aspects of experimental aging
research  as well as selected intervention studies on age-related diseases.Aging is a global
challenge to human society. Children are always in a hurry to become adults  while adults
produce offspring and add to the gene pool. However  after adulthood or the attainment of
reproductive maturity  all physiological parameters of the living organism start to undergo the
aging process. Old age sets in slowly but surely  and usually continues for a prolonged period.
If vigor and vitality are the main advantages of adulthood  old age offers the rewards of
experience and maturity.Biologists ask questions such as: Why do we age? How do we become old?
Is it possible to slow down  postpone or even prevent aging? In turn  medical experts ask: What
are the diseases associated with oldage? Are there medicines that can help affected elderly
patients? In fact both groups are asking themselves how can we add more health to old
age.Healthy aging is the dream of every individual. But to achieve this  it is fundamental that
we first understand the cellular  biochemical and molecular basis of the aging process in
mammalian cells  tissues and intact living organisms  which can serve as experimental model
systems in Biomedical Gerontology. Once the biology of aging is understood at the genetic and
molecular levels  interventional approaches to aging and its associated diseases may be easier
to plan and implement at the preclinical level.

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