Well, we can study aging in people, but of course those studies take decades. So what we try to do is we use simpler organisms to try and understand the basic mechanisms and so in my laboratory, for example, we… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
When I started in the field, aging research was the backwater of biology. The idea that you could find a molecule that would prevent… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
We've always known that our bodies are capable of healing themselves under the right conditions: Diet and exercise improve our health. But there are… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
I was criticized for saying that Pfizer doesn't know how to make a molecule right. — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
If I'm not hungry and I'm busy, I am quite happy to skip a meal. It's informal intermittent fasting. I feel strongly that this… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
I actually think it will be possible one day to be immortal. — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
The mice that had the resveratrol in their diet were still obese, but they were seemingly or relatively immune to the effects of the… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
We can change our lives for the better, and always have. We used to think pain during surgery and dying during childbirth were inevitable.… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
Doctors will prescribe medicines for a particular disease but, as a side effect, those medications will work to prevent dozens of others. — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, because aging is so common and natural, we tend to think of it as destiny or something we should accept. — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
Aging is just like any deterioration of the body. It fulfills every category of what we call a disease except one: it impacts more… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
I'm driven to get to goals as fast as possible. It frustrates people in my lab who have something they think is cool, but… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
