Life's too short to not be around nice people. Cynthia Kenyon lifenicepeople Change image and share on social
The public is absolutely fascinated by aging. They don't want to get old. And you can see - read Shakespeare. Read the sonnets. They're all about aging. Cynthia Kenyon absolutelyagingfascinate Change image and share on social
Perhaps genes did regulate the aging process. Perhaps different organisms had different life spans because a universal regulatory 'clock' was set to run at different speeds in different species. Cynthia Kenyon agingclockgene Change image and share on social
Maybe one day we will be able to take a pill that keeps us young and healthy much longer. I believe in my heart that this will happen. Cynthia Kenyon dayhappenhealthy Change image and share on social
In the early '90s, we discovered mutations that could double the normal life span of worms. Cynthia Kenyon 90sdiscoverdouble Change image and share on social
The hope is that if we can increase youthfulness, we can postpone age-related diseases. Cynthia Kenyon agediseasehope Change image and share on social
I loved the idea that biology was logical. Cynthia Kenyon biologyidealogical Change image and share on social
With science it's very important not to go down the wrong path, but the wrong path in science is a path you go down where everything you learn is already known. So you need to steer around the obvious. Cynthia Kenyon importantlearnobvious share on social
Just living longer and being sick is the worst. But the idea that you could have fewer diseases, and just have a healthy life and then turn out the lights, that's a good vision to have. And I think what we know about some of these pathways suggests that might be possible. Cynthia Kenyon baddiseasefew share on social
It's like, say, if you were a dog. You notice that you're getting old, and you look at your human and you think, 'Why isn't this human getting old?'... But now we're the human looking out and imagining a different human. Cynthia Kenyon doghumanimagine share on social
