Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.

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

You would think that UV just causes mutations, but it doesn't, you need a gene to be active for it.

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.

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

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.