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May 29, 2007

Archive: Discover: Cynthia Kenyon and Anti-Aging Genes

Discover Magazine features a story on Cynthia Kenyon, PhD, whose groundbreaking studies with roundworms over the years has shown that lifespan can be increased six-fold by altering a single gene in the worms' DNA and changing the hormones controlled by the worm's reproductive system. Related Links: Anti-Aging Gene Discover, May 21, 2007 Is Aging a Disease? A Conversation with Cynthia Kenyon UCSF Science Café, January 10, 2007 Read it | Hear it Live Long and Prosper: A Conversation About Aging with Cynthia Kenyon UCSF Science Café, January 4, 2007 Read it | Hear it Can Kenyon's Roundworms Lead Us to the Fountain of Youth? UCSF Today, July 7, 2006 Cynthia Kenyon: Probing the Prospects of Eternal Youth UCSF Magazine, May 2003 Wormworld (Kenyon Lab)