AGEING: CAN WE STOP THE CLOCK?

Wonderful collection of articles on future longevity.

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AGEING: CAN WE STOP THE CLOCK?

Wellcome Trust - 2006

CONTENTS
2 AGEING
Society, biology and medicine
4 THE FUTURE OF AGE
Why do research on ageing?
SOCIETY
6 IMAGES OF OLDER PEOPLE
Society’s views of old age
8 ‘AGEING’ POPULATIONS
Demographic changes
9 FOUNT OF ALL WISDOM OR
BURDEN ON SOCIETY?
Older people in modern society
12 AGEING IN AN UNEQUAL WORLD
Social status and life expectancy
14 VIEWS ON AGEING
Patricia, 69
15 VIEWS ON AGEING
Alistair, 33
BIOLOGY
16 PROGRAMMED FOR SURVIVAL
Why and how do we age?
18 WEAR AND TEAR
Cells and the biology of ageing
22 A FAMILY AFFAIR
Genes and ageing
26 THE CALORIE CONNECTION
Dietary restriction and ageing
MEDICINE
28 TIME, HEALTH AND DISEASE
Ageing and the human body
30 LONG-TERM GAINS
The ageing brain
32 A COMMON APPROACH
Tackling neurodegenerative diseases
33 DEFENDERS OF THE HEART
Heart disease and stroke
34 WHEN CELLS TURN ROGUE
Ageing and cancer
36 MOVING FORWARD
Helping muscles, bones and joints
38 ACT YOUR AGE
Promoting healthy ageing
FUTURE
40 A HEALTHY OLD AGE
Disability-free life expectancy
42 THE BIOLOGY OF AGEING
The Achilles heel of diseases
of ageing?
44 THE FUTURE OF AGEING
Progress or plateau?