Ageless Quest One Scientist's Search for the Genes That Prolong Youth

Ageless Questis a personal, sometimes controversial, account of the pursuit of a genetic ‘cure’ 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 Guarente's Ageless Questis a scientific detective story for the baby boom generation. It offers an insider's view of an area of potentially astonishing high reward—and equally high risk.

Lenny Guarente is the Novartis Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work on aging has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and the Boston Globe