Ageing Vulnerability: Causes and Interventions - No. 235

ISBN: 0471494380

Author: Bock, Gregory R.

Condition: New

With the ever-increasing rise in life expectancy, there is an urgent need to improve our understanding of the relationship between ageing and the pathogenesis of age-related diseases in order to identify more effective means of prevention, amelioration and management of such diseases. In addition, there is a need to reduce the social and economic impact of the ageing population. Age-related morbidity and mortality vary dramatically among individuals; this book focusses on individual differences in susceptibility to age-related disorders.It contains contributions from leading experts in the field on topics such as:age-related pathology in the brain, age-related processes in stem cells, and age-related effects on the immune system and in bone, muscle and cardiovascular tissue.For all those with an interest in the biology of ageing, this is compulsory reading.