Understanding science
5: Age and senescence: biological and medical developments and their implications for society and the economy
Seminar date: 6 October 2000
- Introduction
Professor Sir Gabriel Horn FRS
Topic 1 Biological Aspects
- Dr Gordon Lithgow
Molecular and genetic aspects of ageing - Dr David Kipling
Human cell life-span: ageing hard or hardly ageing? - Dr Michel Goedert FRS
Brain degeneration and dementia
Topic 2 Medical and Demographic Aspects
- Professor Kay-Tee Khaw FRCP
Diet and Health: prolonging the quality of life - Dr Richard Smith FBA
Demographic aspects of an ageing population
Topic 3 Economic and Legal Aspects
- Lord Eatwell
The economics of an ageing population - Professor Bob Hepple QC
Retirement and age discrimination
The title of this document is:
Understanding science: 5: Age and senescence: biological and medical developments and their implications for society and the economy
URL:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about/scienceseminars/age/