You could have two completely different careers if you could stay healthy to 90. How fascinating that would be.

The hope is that if we can increase youthfulness, we can postpone age-related diseases.

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

You could have two completely different careers if you could stay healthy to 90. How fascinating that would be.

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.

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

Age 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.