Puzzles, promises and a cure for ageing

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7208, 2008, Pages 1065-1071

  Vijg, Jan ^a,c   Campisi, Judith ^a,b  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DISEASE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; MODELING; SENESCENCE;

AGING; DEGENERATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

MUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 50649101095     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07216     Document Type: Review

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