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title: "2 Factor Quotes By Cynthia Kenyon"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/age-is-the-single-largest-risk-factor-for-an-enormous-number-of/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/age-is-the-biggest-risk-factor-for-many-diseases-you-re-100-times/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

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## Other authors on Factor

## More by Cynthia Kenyon

> [With worms you can just change genes at random and see if you can find a mutant that does what you want it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/with-worms-you-can-just-change-genes-at-random-and-see-if-you-can/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/the-idea-that-ageing-was-subject-to-control-was-completely-unexpected/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [Sugar is the new tobacco.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/sugar-is-the-new-tobacco/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/i-eat-some-fruit-every-day-but-not-too-much-and-almost-no-processed/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [Age is the single largest risk factor for an enormous number of diseases. So if you can essentially postpone aging, then you can have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/age-is-the-single-largest-risk-factor-for-an-enormous-number-of/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [I loved the idea that biology was logical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/i-loved-the-idea-that-biology-was-logical/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/imagine-that-if-you-could-change-one-of-the-genes-in-an-experiment-an/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/the-public-is-absolutely-fascinated-by-aging-they-don-t-want-to-get/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [I have always gotten a thrill, a kick, from learning new things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/i-have-always-gotten-a-thrill-a-kick-from-learning-new-things/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [There are lots of different strategies that an animal can use to survive. What a worm does is try to convert food into worms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/there-are-lots-of-different-strategies-that-an-animal-can-use-to/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [Maybe one day we will be able to take a pill that keeps us young and healthy much longer. I believe in my heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/maybe-one-day-we-will-be-able-to-take-a-pill-that-keeps-us-young-and/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [If the aging process is controlled in a similar way in worms and humans, then we can use what we learn about worms to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/if-the-aging-process-is-controlled-in-a-similar-way-in-worms-and/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [Perhaps genes did regulate the aging process. Perhaps different organisms had different life spans because a universal regulatory 'clock' was set to run at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/perhaps-genes-did-regulate-the-aging-process-perhaps-different/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [A big tree seemed even more beautiful to me when I imagined thousands of tiny photosynthesis machines inside every leaf. So I went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/a-big-tree-seemed-even-more-beautiful-to-me-when-i-imagined-thousands/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

> [We are trying to find drugs, small molecules, that people could take to make them disease-resistant, more youthful and healthy. Eventually we will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kenyon/we-are-trying-to-find-drugs-small-molecules-that-people-could-take-to/)

[Cynthia Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kenyon/)

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