aging

Examines the aging process, from natural processes to technological developments, and describes past and present research on extending the human life span. Includes photographs, illustrations, a glossary, and Internet links.

When a terrible plague takes over the faerie realm and causes its inhabitants to age unnaturally quickly, Henry and Blue must find a cure in order to save the realm.

Explores the strange and profound effects that oxygen has had on the evolution of life and death, explaining how oxygen became the foundation for biological complexity.

Benjamin Button is born an old man in 1860, much to the consternation of his father, and proceeds to age backwards, finally ending up an infant.

Contains an overview of information related to aging in America, providing tables, charts, and statistics that cover current and historical topics such as economic status, living arrangements, and driving ability, and more. Includes list of further resources and a directory of organizations.

Discusses aging theories, age-related diseases, antiaging medicine, the history of gerontology, the search for longevity genes, and geriatrics, and presents overviews of related topics, including eukaryote cells, recombinant DNA, gene therapy, and the Human Genome Project.

Melly and Anny Beth agree to participate in Project Turnabout, a scientific experiment in which they are given a shot that will make them grow younger, until they receive a second injection that will stop the aging process, but when other participants die after receiving the second shot, Melly and Anny Beth refuse to have the shot and set out to find someone to care for them when they are too young to do it themselves.

Melly and Anny Beth agree to participate in Project Turnabout, a scientific experiment in which they are given a shot that will make them grow younger, until they receive a second injection that will stop the aging process, but when other participants die after receiving the second shot, Melly and Anny Beth refuse to have the shot and set out to find someone to care for them when they are too young to do it themselves.

A young boy talks about the many stages of life from being a baby and learning to walk to getting married and growing old.