Cynthia Jane Kenyon (born c. 1955) is an American molecular biologist and biogerontologist known for her genetic dissection of aging in a widely used model organism, the tiny worm Caenorhabditis elegans. Read full biography of Cynthia Kenyon →
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... →
Perhaps genes did regulate the aging process. Perhaps different organisms had different life spans because a universal regulatory 'clock' was... →
Humans live a lot longer than dogs, and we don't suffer any penalty that I can see. We're superior in almost every way - they can smell... →
I was one of those kids who was always seeking the truth, and I first looked for truth by reading novels. It took quite a long time for me to realize... →
It is unlikely that changes in telomeres are influencing the lifespan of the worm. That is because telomeres only shorten when cells divide. Most of... →
It's like, say, if you were a dog. You notice that you're getting old, and you look at your human and you think, 'Why isn't this... →
One thing that's likely: How you look as you age is hereditary. Some of my family members, for example, look younger than their real age. And... →
There are lots of different strategies that an animal can use to survive. What a worm does is try to convert food into worms as soon as possible. In... →
We are trying to find drugs, small molecules, that people could take to make them disease-resistant, more youthful and healthy. Eventually we will... →
With science it's very important not to go down the wrong path, but the wrong path in science is a path you go down where everything you learn is... →
Cynthia Jane Kenyon (born c. 1955) is an American molecular biologist and biogerontologist known for her genetic dissection of aging in a widely used model organism, the tiny worm Caenorhabditis elegans.