The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative: The Future of Human Healthspan:

Demography, Evolution, Medicine, and Bioengineering, Task Group Summaries

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Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California, November 14-16, 2007, The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Healthspan Steering Committee, The National Academies
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Conference Summary	1-6	(skim)
Enhancing the Functional Status of the Future Elderly	7-16	(skim)
Design New Research Paradigms to Assess Healthspan, Its Enhancement, and Prolongation in Experimental Research Animals	17-28	(skim)
Effects of Exercise on Human Healthspan	29-40	(skim)
The Relationship Between Demographic Mortality Rates, Aging, and Functional Human Healthspan	41-48	(skim)
Changes in Social Contexts to Enhance Functional Status of the Elderly	49-56	(skim)
Develop Technological Interventions to Overcome Barriers to Independence and Community Participation	57-72	(skim)
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Aging: The Roles of Nature, Nurture, and Chance in the Maintenance of Human Healthspan	73-92	(skim)
Inflammation's Effects on Aging	93-100	(skim)
Appendixes	101-102	(skim)
Preconference Webcast Tutorials	103-106	(skim)
Agenda	107-112	(skim)
Participants	113-126	(skim)

The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative: The Future of Human Healthspan:

Demography, Evolution, Medicine, and Bioengineering, Task Group Summaries

Authoring Organizations

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