Aging in AmericaOlivia J. Smith H.W. Wilson, 2000 - 190 Seiten Presents more than twenty articles and book excerpts on various topics related to aging Americans, including the aging of the Baby Boomers, elder care, retirement, aging workers, government involvement, American perceptions of aging, and new possibilities for the aged. |
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... opossums on an island off the Georgia coast - suggest that a small number of genes , perhaps fewer than ten , governs the rheostat in mammals . If true , that's the best news of all : Therapeutically tweaking fewer than a dozen genes ...
... opossums on an island off the Georgia coast - suggest that a small number of genes , perhaps fewer than ten , governs the rheostat in mammals . If true , that's the best news of all : Therapeutically tweaking fewer than a dozen genes ...
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... opossums for two reasons : They age very fast , seldom living past two years , so cases of unusual longevity would be detectable fairly quickly . And he knew that since opossums were everywhere in the southeast U.S. , he could probably ...
... opossums for two reasons : They age very fast , seldom living past two years , so cases of unusual longevity would be detectable fairly quickly . And he knew that since opossums were everywhere in the southeast U.S. , he could probably ...
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... opossums live , on average , about 25 % longer than their mainland relatives . And they tend to have unusually small litters , as if they have traded fertility for longevity . Austad's findings , detailed in his 1997 book Why We Age ...
... opossums live , on average , about 25 % longer than their mainland relatives . And they tend to have unusually small litters , as if they have traded fertility for longevity . Austad's findings , detailed in his 1997 book Why We Age ...
Inhalt
Editors Introduction | 3 |
The Virtues of Aging | 157 |
Bibliography | 175 |
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