Gerontology versus Genetics: the debate on old age as a disease

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2021v24i2p145-152

Keywords:

Old age, Genetics, Gerontology, Health

Abstract

Review of the book "Lifetime - Why we age and why we don't need to", by biologist David A. Sinclair, a professor at Harvard University, in which the idea of aging as a disease to be researched and cured by genetics is defended. view opposite that of gerontology.

Author Biography

Jorgemar Soares Felix, Universidade de São Paulo - Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (USP-EACH)

Professor doutor da graduação e da pós-graduação em Gerontologia na Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo (EACH-USP) e pesquisador Fapesp.

References

Sinclair, David A. (2021). Tempo de vida, por que envelhecemos e por que não precisamos. Carol Suiter, Trad. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil: Ed. Alta Books. (416 p.). ISBN-13‏ : ‎ 978-85-50815077

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Published

2021-11-22

How to Cite

Felix, J. S. (2021). Gerontology versus Genetics: the debate on old age as a disease. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 24(2), 145–152. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2021v24i2p145-152

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2021)

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Resenha

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