Ageless Quest

Guarente, Lenny

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Language: English

Published by Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2003

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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" .

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Title
Ageless Quest
Author
Guarente, Lenny
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Publication year
2003
Condition
As new
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As new
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Inscribed by author
Book Type
book
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0879696524
ISBN 13
9780879696528
Edition
1st Printing.
Dimensions
5¾"- 8½"

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