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Science 22 February 2008:
Vol. 319. no. 5866, pp. 1044 - 1045
DOI: 10.1126/science.1153829
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BIOMEDICINE:
The Fires of Aging

Donna J. Holmes

The Biology of Human Longevity
Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Life-spans
by Caleb E. Finch
Academic (Elsevier), Amsterdam, 2007. 640 pp. $69.95, £39.99, €58.95. ISBN 9780123736574.
Drawing on findings from a wide range of disciplines, the author identifies reduced levels of inflammation as a crucial factor in the recent increase in human life-spans.
The reviewer is in the School of Biological Sciences and Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4236, USA. E-mail: djholmes{at}wsu.edu

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