Living forever and dying in the attempt

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 1231-1241

  Hayflick, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell culture; Immortalization; Longevity determination; Senescence; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; CANCER CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL STRAIN; DIPLOIDY; DYING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0346786308     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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