Ageing is very exciting. But if I didn't work on ageing, I'd want to work on the brain. There are really cool techniques you can use now. And bioinformatics. The methods you can use for comparing large data sets - that's so powerful.
Cynthia KenyonIf I were a worm, I would rather be the long-lived mutant than the normal worm, that's for sure.
Cynthia KenyonAge 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.
Cynthia Kenyon