Anti-aging drugs : from basic research to clinical practice / edited by Alexander M. Vaiserman, Institute of Gerontology, Kiev, Ukraine

This book provides an overview of current research aimed to search for life-extending remedies and describes pharmacological aspects of anti-aging medicine..

Cover -- Anti-aging Drugs From Basic Research to Clinical Practice -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Section I - Overview -- Chapter 1 - Anti-Aging Drugs: Where are We and Where are We Going -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Human Life Extension: Concerns and Considerations -- 1.3 Anti-Aging Pharmacology: Promises and Pitfalls -- 1.4 Concluding Remarks and Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 2 - Aging: Natural or Disease A View from Medical Textbooks -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 What Does "Aging" Mean -- 2.1.2 Is Aging a Disease -- 2.1.2.1 An Attempt at a Broad Account of the Etiology of Senescence -- 2.1.3 What is an Anti-Aging Intervention -- 2.1.4 Aims of this Study: How is the Aging vs. Disease Division Represented in Medical Textbooks -- 2.2 How is Aging Viewed in the Medical Field -- 2.2.1 Two Surveys of the Medical Perception of Aging -- 2.2.1.1 BMJ Vote on the Top 'Non-Diseases' -- 2.2.1.2 Surveying the Public, Health Professionals and Legislators on Disease -- 2.2.2 Medical Textbook Analysis -- 2.2.2.1 Methodology -- Textbook Selection.The study was conducted in University College London (UCL) libraries. For the final analysis, 14 textbooks we... -- The Research Process.To established how the selected textbooks deal with aging, we first reviewed the index for the term aging/a... -- Strengths and Limitations of the Textbook Analysis.In terms of the textbook selection, this study is limited to textbooks of gen... -- 2.2.2.2 Results -- Books Mentioning Aging but Without Dedicated Chapters.Nine textbooks (64.3%) mention aging in the index, of which four dedicate ... -- Books with Dedicated Chapters on Aging.Of the 14 textbooks, four (28.6%) have a specific chapter on aging. Looking at the number... -- Summary of Findings.There is considerable variability in the way that aging is represented in textbooks of general clinical medi....

Medienart:	E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Erschienen:	Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry ; 2017

Reihe:	RSC drug discovery series - no. 57 ISSN - v.57

Sprache:	Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:	Vaiserman, Alexander M. [HerausgeberIn]

Links:	ebookcentral.proquest.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:	978-1-78262-660-2 978-1-78262-985-6

Nlm:	2017 D-015 QV 745
BKL:	44.38 / Pharmakologie
Themen:	Aging Caloric Restriction Drug Discovery Drug development Electronic books Translational Medical Research

Anmerkungen:	Includes bibliographical references and index

Umfang:	1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 570 Seiten) ; Illustrationen

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PPN (Katalog-ID):	1738792099