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.

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.

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

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.

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

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