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

I loved the idea that biology was logical.

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

Carbohydrates, and especially refined ones like sugar, make you produce lots of extra insulin. I've been keeping my intake really low ever since I discovered this. I've cut out all starch such as potatoes, noodles, rice, bread and pasta.

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.

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

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