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Hayflick, Leonard was born on May 20, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nathan Albert and Edna (Silbert) Hayflick.
("How long can humans live? Is immortality possible? Just ...)
"How long can humans live? Is immortality possible? Just what is the aging process? The aging and inevitable death of the human body have inspired more myths and outrageous quackery than anything else subject to scientific inquiry. . . . Now comes a most fascinating book, insightful and scholarly, to provide what answers have emerged so far." --San Francisco Chronicle Here, at last, preeminent cell biologist Leonard Hayflick presents the truth about human aging. Based on more than thirty years of pioneering research in the field, How and Why We Age explores not only how our major biological systems change as we grow older, but also examines the intangible alterations in our modes of thinking and feeling, our moods and sexual desires, our personality traits and our memories. With the immediacy of the latest scientific discoveries, Dr. Hayflick explains how aging affects every part of the body, and dispels many of the most persistent aging myths, to show that: * Hearts do not naturally get weaker with age. * Regular exercise and a low-fat diet won't slow aging. * Curing cancer would only add two years to the average sixty-five-year-old American life. Curing heart disease, however would add fourteen years. * Only five percent of people over the age of sixty-five are in nursing homes * No human has lived--or probably can live--past 120 years. Gracefully written, clearly organized, and packed with essential facts and statistics, How and Why We Age is a landmark study of the aging process for readers of all ages. "Written in clear, nontechnical language, it is an excellent introduction to the scientific and demographic literature on this multifaceted subject." --Nature
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Hayflick, Leonard was born on May 20, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nathan Albert and Edna (Silbert) Hayflick.
Bachelor in Microbiology and Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1951; Master of Science in Medical Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Microbiology and Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1956.
McLaughlin research fellow in infection and immunity, department microbiology, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 1956-1958;
associate member, Wistar Institute Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, 1958-1968;
assistant professor research medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1966-1968;
professor medical microbiology, Stanford (California) U. School Medicine, 1968-1976;
senator-at-large, Basic Medical Sciences, Stanford (California) U. School Medicine, 1970-1973;
chairman general research support grant committee, Stanford (California) U. School Medicine, 1972-1974;
senior research cell biologist, Children's Hospital, Oakland, California, 1976-1981;
professor zoology, professor microbiology and immunology, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1981-1987;
director Center for Gerontological Studies, College Liberal Arts and Sciences, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1981-1987;
professor anatomy, cell biology and aging section, University of California School Medicine, San Francisco, since 1988. Member subcommittee on mycoplasmataceae International Committee Bacteriol. Nomenclature, 1965-1978.
Member steering committee cell and development biology film program Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970-1973. Chairman California State Committee Health White House Conference Aging, 1971-1972, California state representative, 1972. National Cancer Planning Committee National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1972.
Chairman, adult development and aging research and training com.Nat. Institute Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 1972-1973. Non-residentfellow Institute Higher Studies, Santa Barbara, California, since 1973.
Member Argonne National Laboratory review committee biological and medical research division Argonne National Laboratory, 1973-1976. Member research advising committee Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association American-College.Retirement Equities Funds, New York City, 1974-1980. Founding member National Advisory Council on Aging, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1975.
Consultant Office of Director National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, 1963-1974. Visiting scientist Center for Aging Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovoth, Israel, 1980, 86. Member of advisory board International Exchange Center Gerontology, Florida University System, Tampa, 1982-1986.
Member jury for Sandoz prize in gerontology and geriatrics, 1985-1989. Board directors Center for Climacteric Studies, Inc., Gainesville, 1985-1988. Expert consultant various committees United States Congress, visiting professor Oita Medical U., Japan, 1991-1995, U. Parma, Italy, 1991, Kurume U. Medical School, Japan.
Lecturer in field.
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Staff sergeant United States Army, 1946-1948. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Gerontol Society of America (program and awards committee 1972-1977, chairman, executive committee biological science section 1972-1974, committee on international relations 1980-1982, public policy committee 1980-1982, president 1982-1983, annual Robert W. Kleemeier award 1972, Brookdale award 1980). Member American Society for Microbiology, Tissue Culture Association (honorary, trustee 1966-1968, program committee 1970, member council 1972-1974, vice president 1974-1976, president California chapter 1971-1973), Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (councillor 1984-1988), Association for Advancement of Aging Research (advisory council 1970-1971), American Aging Association, American Cancer Society (virology and cell biology study section 1974-1976), International Association Microbiol.
Standardization (secretary cell culture committee 1963-1973, chairman since 1985, member council 1987-1989), International Organization for Mycoplasmology (Presidential award 1984), American Gerontological Society (vice president, council 1972-1974, 81-83, program committee 1977-1979, bdu. directors 1981-1983), American Federation Aging Research (board directors, executive committee, research advisory committee since 1981, chairman study section since 1987, vice president since 1988, Leadership award 1983), Federation American Societies for Experimental Biology, Aging Prevention Research Foundation (science advisory board directors), American Association for Cancer Research, American Society Pathologists, California Foundation for biomedical Research, American Longevity Association (science advisory board directors since 1981), Western Gerontology Association (council 1972-1974, board directors 81-83), International Association Gerontology (member American executive committee 1972-1975, treasurer, executive committee 1985-1989, co-recipient Sandoz award gerontology 1991), Foundation on Gerontology (science advisory board since 1985), Society Medicine and Natural Science, Ukrainian Academy Medical Sciences (foreign, Academician 1991, 2005), French Biological Society (foreign), Euro. Society Animal Cell Technology (Van Wezel prize), British Society Research on Aging (Lord Cohen of Burkinhead medal), France Society Biology.
Married Ruth Louise Heckler, October 3, 1954. Children: Joel, Deborah, Susan, Rachel, Anne.