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I loved the idea that biology was logical.

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Topics: Biology Idea Logical Loved

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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

Topics: Almost Any Better Car Dogs Drive Every Fit Half Humans Live Longer Lot Penalty Really See Smell Suffer Superior Than Things Understand Way Why You I Can

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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 them.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: Could Eventually Find Healthy Make Molecules More People Small Take Them Trying Will Youthful

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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

Topics: About Being Could Diseases Fewer Good Healthy Idea Just Just Living Know Life Lights Living Longer Might Out Possible Sick Some Then Think Turn Vision Worst You I Think

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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.

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Topics: Adult Because Becomes Cells Changes Divide Dividing Influencing Most Only Shorten Stop Unlikely Worm

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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

Topics: About Aging Controlled Higher Humans Learn Organisms Our Process Similar Speed Study Then Use Way Worms

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

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: Mutant Normal Rather Sure Than Were Worm Would

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

~Cynthia Kenyon

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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 all about aging.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: About Absolutely Aging Fascinated Get Old Public Read See Shakespeare Want You

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With worms you can just change genes at random and see if you can find a mutant that does what you want it to do.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: Change Does Find Genes Just Mutant Random See Want Worms You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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