It was like stepping on to an escalator; I could do anything. I was just made for science. Cynthia Kenyon escalatormakescience Change image and share on social
Age is the biggest risk factor for many diseases. You're 100 times more likely to get a tumor at age 65 than age 35. It makes a huge difference. It gives a whole new meaning to preventive medicine. Cynthia Kenyon agebigdifference Change image and share on social
Humans live a lot longer than dogs, and we don't suffer any penalty that I can see. We're superior in almost every way - they can smell better. But really, they can't drive cars, they can't do half the things we can. I don't understand why you can't live longer and be really fit. Cynthia Kenyon cardogdrive 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
If the aging process is controlled in a similar way in worms and humans, then we can use what we learn about worms to speed our study of higher organisms. Cynthia Kenyon agingcontrolhigh Change image and share on social
If I were a worm, I would rather be the long-lived mutant than the normal worm, that's for sure. Cynthia Kenyon livelongmutant 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
It's possible that we could change a human gene and double our life span. I don't know if that's true, but we can't rule that out. Cynthia Kenyon changedoublegene Change image and share on social
It is unlikely that changes in telomeres are influencing the lifespan of the worm. That is because telomeres only shorten when cells divide. Most of the cells of the worm stop dividing when the worm becomes an adult. Cynthia Kenyon adultcelldivide share on social
Ageing is very exciting. But if I didn't work on ageing, I'd want to work on the brain. There are really cool techniques you can use now. And bioinformatics. The methods you can use for comparing large data sets - that's so powerful. Cynthia Kenyon agebioinformaticsbrain share on social
