Lenny Guarente (2 results)
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 154 pages. 8.50x7.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
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Published by Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2003
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Hardcover. Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: As new. 1st Printing. A personal, sometimes controversial, account of the pursuit of a genetic 'cure' for aging by an Novartis Professor of Biology at MIT, Lenny Guarente. Discovered that the protein SIR2 and its related proteins the sirtuins slow aging in many organisms from yeast to mammals. Discovered the key activity of SIR2 related proteins is NAD dependent deacetylation. His work links sirtuin activation in cells to the positive effects of calorie restriction on life span and health span extension. Like new,first printing. An association opy inscribed by the author to Edward Masoro, a leading gerontologist who thinks that not enough is known about the effects of calorie restriction, or CR. 5¾"- 8½" . Inscribed by author. book.…
