" this seems to be the latest in a long line of grand promises that have accompanied demands for resources (both monetary and intellectual) for successive major biotechnological undertakings over the past twenty years. Each of these undertakings has been worthy in its own right but none has, as yet, come anywhere near to realizing the extravagant claims made by its initial promoters. "

"One will not find Mr. de Grey in the lab hovering over petri dishes or test tubes. ... he reads the literature and searches for connections that a specialist may have missed."