Tragedy and delight: The ethics of decelerated ageing

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1561, 2011, Pages 108-112

  Gems, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Decelerated ageing; Disease; Ethics; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHICS; LONGEVITY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79251527543     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0288     Document Type: Review

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