Extending the human life span

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-354

  Glannon, Walter ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Evolutionary biology; Future people; Life span; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; CELL ASSAY; CELL CYCLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

AGE OF ONSET; AGING; BIOETHICS; CANADA; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MUTATION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0036068916     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.27.3.339.2978     Document Type: Review

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