The impact of the revolution in biomedical research on life expectancy by 2050

Coping with Methuselah: The Impact of Molecular Biology on Medicine and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 16-65

  Potts, John T ^a   Schwartz, William B ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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