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Adding Years to Your Life
June 7, 2004
Leonard P. Guarente professor, biology, MIT [homepage]

Dr. Guarente discusses his research, which focuses on issues surrounding aging.

Leonard P. Guarente has written numerous papers and books, the latest of which, Ageless Quest, was published in 2003. He served as associate editor of Nucleic Acids Research from 1983-1988 and associate editor of Molecular and Cellular Biology from 1986-1988, 1989-1991. Dr. Guarente has also served on the editorial boards of Developmental Cell,Science magazine, SAGE KE, and Experimental Gerontology. He founded Elixir Pharmaceuticals in 2000. Dr. Guarente has received many awards and lectureships, including the Academy of the American Society for Health Aging Investigator of 2001, Novartis Professor of Biology, 2000, Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar, 1999-2002, Ida Beam Distinguished Lecturer, 2001, Earle P. Charlton Lectureship, 1998, elected to the American Academy of Microbiology, 1998, Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation, 1984-1989 and the Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Career Development Professorship, 1989-1992.

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Image of Ageless Quest: One Scientist's Search for the Genes That Prolong Youth
Author: Lenny Guarente
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (2002)
Binding: Hardcover, 164 pages
Image of Molecular Biology of Aging (<i>Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series 51</i>)
Author: Douglas C. Wallace, Linda Partridge, Leonard P. Guarente
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 610 pages

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