The Telomerase Revolution: The Story of the Scientific Breakthrough that Holds the Key to Human Ageing - Softcover

Fossel, Dr Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782399127 ISBN 13: 9781782399124

Publisher: Atlantic Books, 2017

Synopsis

Science is on the cusp of a revolutionary breakthrough. We now understand more about ageing - and how to prevent and reverse it - than ever before.

In The Telomerase Revolution, Dr Michael Fossel, who has been at the cutting edge of ageing research for decades, describes how telomerase will soon be used as a powerful therapeutic tool, with the potential to intervene in age-related disease, dramatically extend life spans and even reverse human ageing. Telomerase-based treatments are already on offer, and have shown early promise, but much more potent treatments will become available over the next decade.

This is the definitive work on the latest science of human ageing, covering both the theory and the clinical implications, taking readers to the forefront of one of the most remarkable advances in human medicine.

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Review:

The Telomerase Revolution is a remarkable book, telling a fascinating story that pulls together at last a single coherent theory of how and why growing old leads to so many different forms of illness., Matt Ridley, author of Genome and The Rational Optimist

Dr Fossel's exciting book is opening doors to extended healthspan that can change human history, and it's all grounded in solid scientific research., Noel Patton, founder and chairman of TA Sciences

Michael Fossel's compelling argument for the telomere approach to reversing aging isn't just worth a look - it's like reading the words of Virgil as he leads us along the mysteries of aging., Alexey Olovnikov, PhD, Institute of Biochemical Physics and Russian Academy of Sciences

From the Author:

Dr Michael Fossel earned both his PhD and MD from Stanford University, where he taught neurobiology and research methods. Winner of a National Science Foundation fellowship, he was a clinical professor of medicine for almost three decades, the executive director of the American Aging Association, and the founding editor of Rejuvenation Research. In 1996, he wrote the first book on the telomerase theory of ageing, Reversing Human Aging. He is also the author of Cells, Aging, and Human Disease and co-author of The Immortality Edge. He currently teaches The Biology of Aging at Grand Valley State University and is working to bring telomerase to human trials for Alzheimer's disease.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1782399127
• ISBN 13: 9781782399124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240