How gerontology, the study of aging, came to be

February 27, 2024 / 1:54 pm

NPR's history podcast Throughline tells us the story of the scientist who helped launch gerontology, the study of aging, and how we started viewing aging as a disease.

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How gerontology, the study of aging, came to be

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