Inmortalidad: Promesas, fantasías y realidades de la eterna juventud
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Después de muchos años de ser considerado un territorio marginal dominado por charlatanes, embusteros, aventureros y médicos ubicados en los márgenes de la ortodoxia, el estudio del envejecimiento y su prevención se están transformando en una especialidad científica reconocida. Sin pretender ser una exaltación vacua de la juventud, ni hacer una defensa a ultranza de intervenciones que prolonguen la existencia a cualquier costo, este libro aborda el envejecimiento como objeto legítimo de investigación e intervención racional. Del mítico Matusalén hasta las recetas de la Dra. Aslan, pasando por los planteos más novedosos y los últimos avances terapéuticos, los diferentes capítulos del texto hacen un repaso histórico y filosófico sobre las razones detrás de la permanente búsqueda de la eternidad y las iniciativas pasadas y actuales más promisorias para conseguirla. Con énfasis en las ideas, pero también en los protagonistas. Mientras los expertos más conservadores en este campo apuestan a que se puede prolongar la duración de la vida dos o tres años (sin las consecuencias clásicas de la vejez), los más exaltados imaginan un futuro donde múltiples intervenciones puedan ir 'desconectando' los distintos circuitos genéticos y bioquímicos del envejecimiento, o reparando los sucesivos daños que provoca en órganos y tejidos, manteniéndonos jóvenes para siempre. El libro reconstruye el contexto cultural y científico del derrotero que condujo al ser humano a esta instancia de la batalla por la longevidad. Y plantea, de manera contundente, que extender el período en el que se pueda disfrutar de la última etapa de la vida en condiciones saludables será la revolución médica y social con mayor impacto en el futuro cercano.
Matías Loewy es periodista especializado en ciencia y medicina. Nacido en Bahía Blanca, fue redactor y subeditor de ciencia y salud de la Revista Noticias y jefe de redacción de la revista Newsweek Argentina. Es editor de la Agencia CyTA-Leloir y profesor de posgrados de comunicación pública de la ciencia en la Fundación Instituto Leloir, en Buenos Aires, y en varias universidades nacionales, como las de Buenos Aires (UBA), Córdoba (UNC) y Río Negro (UNRN). Ha publicado en la revista "Perspectives" de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, en CNN Interactive y en Reuters Health. Y colabora en medios nacionales e internacionales como Scientific American y Medscape. Preside actualmente la Red Argentina de Periodismo Científico (RADPC), de la que también es miembro fundador. Antes de dedicarse al periodismo, se graduó en la Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica de la UBA.
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