I have always gotten a thrill, a kick, from learning new things. — Cynthia Kenyon Always Copy Share Image
The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected. — Cynthia Kenyon Ageing Copy Share Image
Age is the single largest risk factor for an enormous number of diseases. So if you can essentially postpone aging, then you… — Cynthia Kenyon Age Copy Share Image
If the aging process is controlled in a similar way in worms and humans, then we can use what we learn about… — Cynthia Kenyon About Copy Share Image
Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging… — Cynthia Kenyon Aging Copy Share Image
The public is absolutely fascinated by aging. They don't want to get old. And you can see - read Shakespeare. Read the… — Cynthia Kenyon About Copy Share Image
I eat some fruit every day, but not too much and almost no processed food. I stay away from sweets, except 80… — Cynthia Kenyon Almost Copy Share Image
Maybe one day we will be able to take a pill that keeps us young and healthy much longer. I believe in… — Cynthia Kenyon Able Copy Share Image
There are lots of different strategies that an animal can use to survive. What a worm does is try to convert food… — Cynthia Kenyon Animal Copy Share Image
It was like stepping on to an escalator; I could do anything. I was just made for science. — Cynthia Kenyon Anything Copy Share Image
The hope is that if we can increase youthfulness, we can postpone age-related diseases. — Cynthia Kenyon Age Copy Share Image
In the early '90s, we discovered mutations that could double the normal life span of worms. — Cynthia Kenyon Could Copy Share Image
I was one of those kids who was always seeking the truth, and I first looked for truth by reading novels. It… — Cynthia Kenyon Always Copy Share Image
One thing that's likely: How you look as you age is hereditary. Some of my family members, for example, look younger than… — Cynthia Kenyon Age Copy Share Image
I was a little truth seeker as a child. I wanted more than anything to understand myself and also other people. — Cynthia Kenyon Also Copy Share Image
If I were a worm, I would rather be the long-lived mutant than the normal worm, that's for sure. — Cynthia Kenyon Ifs Copy Share Image
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… — Cynthia Kenyon Change Copy Share Image
In principle, if you understood the mechanisms of keeping things repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely. — Cynthia Kenyon Could Copy Share Image
You could have two completely different careers if you could stay healthy to 90. How fascinating that would be. — Cynthia Kenyon Career Copy Share Image
You would think that UV just causes mutations, but it doesn't; you need a gene to be active for it. — Cynthia Kenyon Active Copy Share Image
It's like, say, if you were a dog. You notice that you're getting old, and you look at your human and you… — Cynthia Kenyon Different Copy Share Image
With science it's very important not to go down the wrong path, but the wrong path in science is a path you… — Cynthia Kenyon Around Copy Share Image
It is unlikely that changes in telomeres are influencing the lifespan of the worm. That is because telomeres only shorten when cells… — Cynthia Kenyon Adult Copy Share Image
Age is the biggest risk factor for many diseases. You're 100 times more likely to get a tumor at age 65 than… — Cynthia Kenyon Age Copy Share Image
Ageing is very exciting. But if I didn't work on ageing, I'd want to work on the brain. There are really cool… — Cynthia Kenyon Ageing Copy Share Image
Carbohydrates, and especially refined ones like sugar, make you produce lots of extra insulin. I've been keeping my intake really low ever… — Cynthia Kenyon Been Copy Share Image
Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say… — Cynthia Kenyon Better Copy Share Image
Just living longer and being sick is the worst. But the idea that you could have fewer diseases, and just have a… — Cynthia Kenyon About Copy Share Image
With worms you can just change genes at random and see if you can find a mutant that does what you want… — Cynthia Kenyon Change Copy Share Image
We are trying to find drugs, small molecules, that people could take to make them disease-resistant, more youthful and healthy. Eventually we… — Cynthia Kenyon Could Copy Share Image
A big tree seemed even more beautiful to me when I imagined thousands of tiny photosynthesis machines inside every leaf. So I… — Cynthia Kenyon About Copy Share Image
Humans live a lot longer than dogs, and we don't suffer any penalty that I can see. We're superior in almost every… — Cynthia Kenyon Almost Copy Share Image
Perhaps genes did regulate the aging process. Perhaps different organisms had different life spans because a universal regulatory 'clock' was set to… — Cynthia Kenyon Aging Copy Share Image
