Professor Suresh Rattan

Suresh Rattan, Ph.D.,D.Sc., is Professor of Biogerontology, at the Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, Denmark.

He is the recipient of the Lord Cohen Medal in Gerontology (2011) from the British Society for Research on Ageing, and is the President of the Biological Section of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (European Region).

He has published more than 200 scientific articles, and has edited/co-edited 12 books, including those for children, general public and research scientists.

His research and areas of expertise include human cellular ageing, gerontogenes, and ageing intervention, prevention and therapies through growth factors and mild stress-induced hormesis.

He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Biogerontology. He is the discoverer of the anti-ageing effects of kinetin and zeatin, now used in several skin care products.

For further details, go to: http://www.sureshrattan.com

Selected recent publications:

1. Rattan, S.I.S. and Demirovic, D. Hormesis can and does work in humans. Dose-Response, 8, 58-63, 2010.


2. Rattan, S.I.S. Aging of skin cells in vitro. In: Textbook of Aging Skin. (Editors: M.A. Farage, H.I. Maibach, I. Howard and K.W. Miller); pp. 487-492, 2009, Springer, New York, 2010.


3. Rattan, S.I.S. and Singh, R. Gene therapy in aging. Gene Therapy, 16: 3-9, 2009.


4. Rattan, S.I.S. Hormesis in aging. Ageing Research Reviews, 7: 62-78, 2008.


5. Rattan, S.I.S. Increased molecular damage and heterogeneity as the basis of aging. Biological Chemistry, 389, 267-272, 2008.


6. Rattan, S.I.S. Theories of biological aging: genes, proteins and free radicals. Free Radical Research, 40: 1230-1238, 2006.


7. Book: Calorie Restriction, Aging and Longevity;Editors: A. Everitt, S.I.S. Rattan, D. Le Couteur and R. de Cabo; Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands; 2010


8. Book: Mild Stress and Healthy Aging; Editors: Eric le Bourg and Suresh I.S. Rattan, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands; 2008.

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