Topics in Positive Biology
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Topics in Positive Biology by Calogero Caruso
Longevity is used, sometimes, as synonymous with life-span and represents the ability of an organism to live longer than expected. However, the meaning of longevity goes beyond and includes a series of methods, tools and theories to extend healthier life. To achieve this goal, many scientists have turned their attention to a particular group of people, centenarians, who show signs of extreme longevity allowing them to live longer and most of the time healthier. Centenarians are the best example of extreme longevity in our species, they represent a selected population in which the appearance of major age-related diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases among others, have been consistently delayed or escaped. In this book different aspect of longevity will be discussed and topics on immunology, molecular biology, genetics, diet and age-related diseases analyzed. Articles in this book were originally published as a thematic series in the journal Immunity & Ageing Volume 9, April 2012.Calogero Caruso, formerly Full Professor of General Pathology, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Palermo, Italy. He graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Palermo, in 1971 (magna cum laude) and obtained a postgraduate qualification in Internal Medicine at the University of Palermo (1976) and in General Pathology at University of Rome (1978). Since 1974, he has been a research assistant, assistant professor, associate professor and full professor (since 1994) at the Institute of General Pathology, and is currently in the Section of General Pathology at the Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Technologies, School of Medicine, University of Palermo. He has been the Director (and supervisor) of the Ph.D. courses in Pathobiology at the School of Medicine, University of Palermo: Biogerontology and Immunosenescence since 1998, Molecular Medicine since 2011, and Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology since 2013. He was founder and editor-in-chief of the journal Immunity & Ageing (2004-2018), and has authored 370 publications (8485 citations), mostly on ageing, age-related diseases and longevity, indexed on Scopus (H index of 48). Last but not least, he is national coordinator (2018-2020) of a national project on longevity, funded by Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780954027889 |
| ISBN 10 | 0954027884 |
| Title | Topics in Positive Biology |
| Author | Calogero Caruso |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Biomed Central Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 56 |
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