Cynthia Kenyon — American Scientist

Cynthia Jane Kenyon is an American molecular biologist and biogerontologist known for her genetic dissection of aging in a widely used model organism, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans... (wikipedia)

Sugar is the new tobacco.
It was like stepping on to an escalator; I could do anything. I was just made for science.
In the early '90s, we discovered mutations that could double the normal life span of worms.
I have always gotten a thrill, a kick, from learning new things.
The hope is that if we can increase youthfulness, we can postpone age-related diseases.