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From the Ted Talk by Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives

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So there's something about angig that's kind of universal. And now here is the daf-2 mutant. One gene is cnhaged out of 20,000, and look at it. It's the same age, but it's not in the ninrsug home; it's going skiing. This is what's really cool: it's aging more slowly. It takes this worm two days to age as much as the namrol worm ages in one day. And when I tell people about this, they tend to think of maybe an 80 or 90 year-old person who looks really good for being 90 or 80. But it's really more like this: let's say you're a 30 year-old guy — or in your 30s — and you're a bachelor and you're dnaitg people. And you meet someone you really like, you get to know her. And you're in a restaurant, and you say, "Well how old are you?" She says, "I'm 60." That's what it's like. And you would never know. You would never know, until she told you.

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So there's something about _____ that's kind of universal. And now here is the daf-2 mutant. One gene is _______ out of 20,000, and look at it. It's the same age, but it's not in the _______ home; it's going skiing. This is what's really cool: it's aging more slowly. It takes this worm two days to age as much as the ______ worm ages in one day. And when I tell people about this, they tend to think of maybe an 80 or 90 year-old person who looks really good for being 90 or 80. But it's really more like this: let's say you're a 30 year-old guy — or in your 30s — and you're a bachelor and you're ______ people. And you meet someone you really like, you get to know her. And you're in a restaurant, and you say, "Well how old are you?" She says, "I'm 60." That's what it's like. And you would never know. You would never know, until she told you.

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So there's something about aging that's kind of universal. And now here is the daf-2 mutant. One gene is changed out of 20,000, and look at it. It's the same age, but it's not in the nursing home; it's going skiing. This is what's really cool: it's aging more slowly. It takes this worm two days to age as much as the normal worm ages in one day. And when I tell people about this, they tend to think of maybe an 80 or 90 year-old person who looks really good for being 90 or 80. But it's really more like this: let's say you're a 30 year-old guy — or in your 30s — and you're a bachelor and you're dating people. And you meet someone you really like, you get to know her. And you're in a restaurant, and you say, "Well how old are you?" She says, "I'm 60." That's what it's like. And you would never know. You would never know, until she told you.

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