Open AccessStem cells and aging - methods and protocols
Author(s) -
Carlo Alberto Redi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of histochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.754
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2038-8306
pISSN - 1121-760X
DOI - 10.4081/ejh.2013.br14
Subject(s) - stem cell , senescence , gerontology , population ageing , cellular senescence , population , biology , medicine , environmental health , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , phenotype
Thirteen chapters dealing with one of the most neglegted aspect of stem cell biology: their senescence. Rightly pointed out by prof. Kursad Turksen (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Sprott center for stem cells research, Ottawa, Canada) we are facing an aging population worldwide, the demographic structure of western populations are dramatically changed in the last two-three decades with the majority of people being over fifty (and a significan proportion being over sistyfive, i.e., being old !)....