Description
The eighth edition of this very successful handbook on how basic aging processes and medical physiology affect biological systems includes new discussions of a variety of topics, including longevity pathways and interventions that modulate aging, innovative new tools that facilitate systems-level approaches to aging research and more
About the Author
Dr. Nicolas Musi is a tenured Professor of Medicine (Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology and Division of Diabetes) and Director of the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, the San Antonio Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, and the San Antonio Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center. He is an active educator and research mentor, and supervises clinical and research fellows, residents and graduate students. In this role, he also functions as Director of a T32 Training Grant on the Biology of Aging. Dr. Peter Hornsby obtained a Ph.D. in Cell Biology at the Institute of Cancer Research of the University of London. He has held faculty positions at the University of California SanDiego, the Medical College of Georgia, and Baylor College of Medicine. Currently he is Professor in Department of Physiology and Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
Book Information
ISBN 9780124115965
Author Nicolas Musi
Format Paperback
Page Count 576
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 1160g