Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the molecular and cellular aspects of aging.
Aging represents the most incisive personal, medical, and socioeconomic problem of the
society. Therefore, studying age-related biological phenomena is not only a fascinating
theoretical subject but also one with tremendous practical implications. The World Health
Organization (WHO), together with the National Institute of Aging (NIA), identified four major
areas of gerontology (the science of research on aging) that its member states were urged to …