abstract:Geroscience is an interdisciplinary field that aims to understand the relationship between aging and age-related diseases. Because aging is the major risk factor for most non-genetic chronic diseases, an understanding of the role of aging in the onset of disease should open up new avenues for disease prevention and cures.
Butscientists who champion the studyofaging'sbasicbiology — theycall it "geroscience" — say their field has received short shrift from the biomedical establishment.