Ebook: Longevity: To the Limits and Beyond

Up to what point will life expectancy increase? Is there a theoretical or practical limit to human longevity and does it shift or not? Is it utopian to envisage a life expectancy of 100 years or more at birth? What are the respective roles of genetics and environment? Under which conditions and at what price are these years of life gained? The editors and authors hope to have answered some of these questions in this book, presenting the papers of the first Colloques Medecine et Recherche of Fondation IPSEN on longevity.

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Up to what point will life expectancy increase? Is there a theoretical or practical limit to human longevity and does it shift or not? Is it utopian to envisage a life expectancy of 100 years or more at birth? What are the respective roles of genetics and environment? Under which conditions and at what price are these years of life gained? The editors and authors hope to have answered some of these questions in this book, presenting the papers of the first Colloques Medecine et Recherche of Fondation IPSEN on longevity.

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Up to what point will life expectancy increase? Is there a theoretical or practical limit to human longevity and does it shift or not? Is it utopian to envisage a life expectancy of 100 years or more at birth? What are the respective roles of genetics and environment? Under which conditions and at what price are these years of life gained? The editors and authors hope to have answered some of these questions in this book, presenting the papers of the first Colloques Medecine et Recherche of Fondation IPSEN on longevity.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Practical Limits to Life Expectancy in France....Pages 1-10
The Average French Baby May Live 95 or 100 Years....Pages 11-27
Towards a New Horizon in Demographic Trends: The Combined Effects of 150 Years Life Expectancy and New Fertility Models....Pages 29-68
Is There A Biological Limit To The Human Life Span?....Pages 69-76
Emergence of Centenarians and Super-centenarians....Pages 77-89
A Demographic and Health Profile of Centenarians in China....Pages 91-104
Centenarians: Health and Frailty....Pages 105-112
Looking Into the Crystal Ball: Will We Ever be Able to Accurately Predict Individual Differences in Longevity?....Pages 113-119
Towards a Genealogical Epidemiology of Longevity....Pages 121-129
Genetics of Aging....Pages 131-138
Oxidative Stress May Be a Causal Factor in Senescence of Animals....Pages 139-154
Identifying and Cloning Longevity-Determining Genes in the Nematode....Pages 155-163
Longevity: Is Everything Under Genetic Control? An Inquiry Into Non-genetic and Non-environmental Sources of Variation....Pages 165-178
Back Matter....Pages 179-180

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Up to what point will life expectancy increase? Is there a theoretical or practical limit to human longevity and does it shift or not? Is it utopian to envisage a life expectancy of 100 years or more at birth? What are the respective roles of genetics and environment? Under which conditions and at what price are these years of life gained? The editors and authors hope to have answered some of these questions in this book, presenting the papers of the first Colloques Medecine et Recherche of Fondation IPSEN on longevity.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Practical Limits to Life Expectancy in France....Pages 1-10
The Average French Baby May Live 95 or 100 Years....Pages 11-27
Towards a New Horizon in Demographic Trends: The Combined Effects of 150 Years Life Expectancy and New Fertility Models....Pages 29-68
Is There A Biological Limit To The Human Life Span?....Pages 69-76
Emergence of Centenarians and Super-centenarians....Pages 77-89
A Demographic and Health Profile of Centenarians in China....Pages 91-104
Centenarians: Health and Frailty....Pages 105-112
Looking Into the Crystal Ball: Will We Ever be Able to Accurately Predict Individual Differences in Longevity?....Pages 113-119
Towards a Genealogical Epidemiology of Longevity....Pages 121-129
Genetics of Aging....Pages 131-138
Oxidative Stress May Be a Causal Factor in Senescence of Animals....Pages 139-154
Identifying and Cloning Longevity-Determining Genes in the Nematode....Pages 155-163
Longevity: Is Everything Under Genetic Control? An Inquiry Into Non-genetic and Non-environmental Sources of Variation....Pages 165-178
Back Matter....Pages 179-180
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