Why we die : the new science of aging and the quest for immortality
by Ramakrishnan, Venki, 1952- (Author)
Summary
"A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die-from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan"-- Full description
- Introduction
- 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?