Overview
- Provides a complete overview of the current state of ageing research in C. Elegans
- Offers a unique focus on relevance for human ageing
- Written by world’s leading researchers in the field of C. elegans ageing
Part of the book series: Healthy Ageing and Longevity (HAL)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book brings together in one volume the current state of ageing research in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The authors are leading researchers in the field, placing this topic in the context of human ageing, describing how and why basic discoveries in this simple organism have impacted our prospects for intervention in the ageing process. The authors cover a broad range of topics with regards to organismal and reproductive ageing including anatomical, physiological and biochemical changes, as well as genetic and environmental interventions that promote longevity and ameliorate age-related disease. Ageing is the single most important factor determining the onset of human disease in developed countries. With current worldwide demographic trends indicating that the number of individuals over the age of 65 will continue to rise, it is clear that an understanding of the processes that underpin ageing and age-related disease represents a key challenge in thebiomedical sciences. In recent years there have been huge advances in our understanding of the ageing process and many of these have stemmed from genetic analysis of C. elegans.
With no analogous book in this subject area this work will be of interest to a wide audience, ranging from academic researchers to the general public.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ageing: Lessons from C. elegans
Editors: Anders Olsen, Matthew S. Gill
Series Title: Healthy Ageing and Longevity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44703-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44701-8Published: 16 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83114-5Published: 11 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44703-2Published: 06 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2199-9007
Series E-ISSN: 2199-9015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 439
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedicine general, Animal Genetics and Genomics, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Cell Biology