The Youth Pill Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution |
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| Author:
| Stipp, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61723-008-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2013 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Current |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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Scientists have firmly established that the rate of aging is malleable and now a well-founded quest for drugs that brake aging is rapidly unfolding. While this drugs won't confer immortality they do promise to usher in a new era of preventive medicine, one in which novel medicines arrive that can delay or avert just about everything that goes wrong with us as we age: dementia, cancer, osteoporosis, and, yes, jowls too, in the same way that medicines that lower blood pressure and...
More DescriptionScientists have firmly established that the rate of aging is malleable and now a well-founded quest for drugs that brake aging is rapidly unfolding. While this drugs won't confer immortality they do promise to usher in a new era of preventive medicine, one in which novel medicines arrive that can delay or avert just about everything that goes wrong with us as we age: dementia, cancer, osteoporosis, and, yes, jowls too, in the same way that medicines that lower blood pressure and cholesterol fend off heart disease today. Stipp explores the advances of science.