In his newest book, THE LONGEVITY FACTOR: How Resveratrol and Red Wine Activate Genes for a Longer and Healthier Life, world-renowned neurosurgeon and author, Joseph Maroon, M.D., shares one of the most recent and startling developments in the field of longevity – the emergence of a theory that genes, capable of extending life, may be kicked into action by specific plant-derived molecules in the human diet.