American artist Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) is best known for
his landmark body of text - based paintings, made since the late 1980s, which draw on the writings and speech of diverse figures including Jean Genet, Zora Neale Hurston, Jesse Jackson, and Richard Pryor.
Biomarkers, a
landmark text written by two Tufts University professors, Dr. Irwin Rosenburg and Dr. Peter Evans, describes
body composition as the most important indicator
of health and aging.