Cynthia Kenyon Quotes

It was like stepping on to an escalator; I could do anything. I was just made for science.

The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected.

You would think that UV just causes mutations, but it doesn't, you need a gene to be active for it.

Life's too short to not be around nice people.

I eat some fruit every day, but not too much and almost no processed food. I stay away from sweets, except 80 per cent chocolate.

In principle, if you understood the mechanisms of keeping things repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely.

Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.

I have always gotten a thrill, a kick, from learning new things.

Age is the single largest risk factor for an enormous number of diseases. So if you can essentially postpone aging, then you can have beneficial effects on a whole wide range of disease.

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.

You could have two completely different careers if you could stay healthy to 90. How fascinating that would be.

If I were a worm, I would rather be the long-lived mutant than the normal worm, that's for sure.

I loved the idea that biology was logical.

The hope is that if we can increase youthfulness, we can postpone age-related diseases.

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.

In the early '90s, we discovered mutations that could double the normal life span of worms.