Tomorrow's Medicine Quotes

“There are now more than 200,000 Americans with spinal cord damage, a number that, ironically, has grown because of improved acute care in the hours immediately following injuries; people who once would have died from traumatic damage now survive.”
― Scientific American, Tomorrow's Medicine

“How Aging Stems from Trade-Offs Aging occurs because our body must make a trade-off between reproducing and staying in good repair, according to the author’s “disposable soma” theory. Given a limited supply of energy, the amount that goes to making and protecting sperm and eggs tips the scale away from ensuring that “somatic” cells—skin, bone, muscle, and so on—remain in good condition. As a result, cells accumulate damage over time, which ultimately causes some organ or another to become diseased. If bodily functioning is sufficiently compromised, death ensues.”
― Scientific American Editors, Tomorrow's Medicine