Ageless Quest: One Scientist's Search for the Genes That Prolong Youth |
 | Author: Lenny Guarente
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 164
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0879696524
Dewey Decimal Number: 571.878
EAN: 9780879696528
ASIN: 0879696524
Publication Date: December 1, 2002
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Ageless Quest is a personal, sometimes controversial, account of the pursuit of a genetic 34; cure 34; for aging by an expert in the field. The author is the Novartis Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Aging has always been regarded as a highly complex process with many degenerative changes leading to the cessation of life. But recent research has identified a relatively simple mechanism that governs the pace of aging. Lenny Guarentes Ageless Quest is a scientific detective story for the baby boom generation. It offers an insiders view of an area of potentially astonishing high reward and equally high risk.
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 Great behind the scenes view of scientific research December 5, 2002
Gary W. (New York, NY)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
As a non-scientist with an interest on what the future may hold for us, I found Ageless Quest to be exceptionally informative, easy to understand, and thought provoking. I had always wondered what went on in those biology research labs, and was grateful to have the "behind the scenes" peek that this book provided. Extremely interesting and enjoyable reading; recommended for all.
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Thank you for your very prompt shipment of this book as we specified expediated shipping and this worked out!
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I picked up this book because of the cover. If you care about the scientific story, read it in the review literature. If you want a good read, look elsewhere.
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