Gerontology - Definition and Overview

Gerontology is the study of the elderly, and of the aging process itself. It is to be distinguished from geriatrics, which is the study of the diseases of the elderly. Gerontology covers the social, psychological and biology aspects of aging.

Biogerontology is the subfield of gerontology dedicated to studying the specifically biological processes behind aging. Biogerontologists are scientists who study these process and also include scientists who work to control, prevent and reverse aging in both humans and non-human animals.

Biogerontologists

• Aubrey de Grey
• Cynthia Kenyon
• Leonard Hayflick

See also

• Biological immortality
• Life extension
• Immortality
• Senescence
• Transhumanism

External links

• Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/sens/)
• The Methuselah Mouse Prize (http://www.methuselahmouse.org/)
• SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) (http://admin-sun1.gen.cam.ac.uk/sens/)