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.

The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected.

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.

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.

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.

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

In the early '90s, we discovered mutations that could double the normal life span of worms.