Experts

Leonard Guarente

Professor of Biology, MIT

Interview with Leonard Guarente
Can Calorie Restriction Prolong Your Life? 5:49 Discuss
Lenny Guarente’s Biggest Ethical Dilemma 1:54 Discuss
Who Are Your Heroes? 1:49 Discuss
Money for Nothing 3:20 Discuss
Our Five Worst Habits 1:56 Discuss
Anti-Aging Genes 12:02 Discuss
Still No Cure for Death 3:39 Discuss
The Unexpected Power of Yeast 4:45 Discuss
Full Interview 35:32 Discuss
Other Ideas from Guarente
Would You Want to Know If You're at Risk for Alzheimer’s? 3:06 Discuss
Can Broccoli and B-Vitamins Prevent Alzheimer’s? 7:00 Discuss
Is Alzheimer’s Infectious, and Is a Vaccine Possible? 5:39 Discuss
Is Alzheimer’s Disease Genetic? 8:06 Discuss
The Brain Plaques and Tangles That Cause Alzheimer’s 5:09 Discuss
Will Everyone Get Alzheimer’s If They Live Long Enough? 5:30 Discuss
Can Head Trauma Cause Alzheimer's? 3:51 Discuss
Why Some People Get Alzheimer’s and Others Don’t 7:08 Discuss
Race, Gender and Alzheimer's 2:55 Discuss
Big Think Panel Discussion on Alzheimer's Disease 55:32 Discuss
What Is Alzheimer’s? 4:55 Discuss

Recent Activity

January 12, 2011
Leonard wrote Lung Cancer: To Screen or Not to Screen? in Experts' Corner
We baby boomers may be getting a little long in the tooth, but we sure know how to take good care of ourselves.  Or do we?  One of the greatest health threats we face is one over which we have ... Read More 
December 16, 2010
Leonard wrote People Died Younger in the "Good Old Days" in Experts' Corner
There is a temptation to feel nostalgia for a simpler time in the middle of the 20th century when America stood astride the globe, a Colossus using its power for good in an unsteady world.  That ... Read More 

About Leonard Guarente

Leonard Guarente

Dr. Leonard P. Guarente is an American biologist and director of MIT's Glenn Laboratory for the Science of Aging, where he is also a Novartis Professor of Biology. He is best known for his research on longevity and specifically for uncovering the gene in yeast that governs the organism's life span. He is the author of "Ageless Quest: One Scientist's Search for Genes That Prolong Youth," which was published in 2003 by Cold Spring Harbor Press.

 

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