The Worms Have It!
This is Cynthia Keynon a biochemist exploring what triggers aging.
If you are not familiar w Ted Talks these are short easy to understand presentations by experts in various fields. From scientists, business people, teachers to writers, film makers & entertainers, it shares w the average person new discoveries. These that are often recorded and shared as audio and or video podcasts.
On Ted Talks.com you can search almost any topic. I typed in "aging" and this the first of 5 Ted Talks on the subject.
Ms. Kenyon's Ted Talk is a bit "sciencey" but short enough to understand the implications of having a long "youthful" life, despite the age your driver's license confesses to.
I agree that desire to live better is not about extending life indefinitely, but
to improve the "youthfulness" of a person as he or she ages.
In other words, reduce the suffering associated with "being old."
Here is a link to an earlier article about Dr. Keyon's research published in May, 2005 in SFGate.
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| Cynthia Kenyon at UCSF Mission Bay campus has found a way to increase the lifespan of microscopic worms by suppressing a single gene. 4/21/05 Mike Kepka / The Chronicle Photo: Mike Kepka |
This is Cynthia Keynon a biochemist exploring what triggers aging.
Here is a link to her Ted Talk called Experiments that hint of longer lives from November 2011.
If you are not familiar w Ted Talks these are short easy to understand presentations by experts in various fields. From scientists, business people, teachers to writers, film makers & entertainers, it shares w the average person new discoveries. These that are often recorded and shared as audio and or video podcasts.
On Ted Talks.com you can search almost any topic. I typed in "aging" and this the first of 5 Ted Talks on the subject.
Ms. Kenyon's Ted Talk is a bit "sciencey" but short enough to understand the implications of having a long "youthful" life, despite the age your driver's license confesses to.
I agree that desire to live better is not about extending life indefinitely, but
to improve the "youthfulness" of a person as he or she ages.
In other words, reduce the suffering associated with "being old."
Here is a link to an earlier article about Dr. Keyon's research published in May, 2005 in SFGate.
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