# Experiments that hint of longer lives

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2011
- Speaker: Cynthia Kenyon
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_kenyon_experiments_that_hint_of_longer_lives)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. The lessons from that discovery, and others, are pointing to how we might one day significantly extend youthful human life.

## Lectures

1. [Experiments that hint of longer lives](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/cynthia_kenyon_experiments_that_hint_of_longer_lives/e74241afc0b9), 17 min (TED's player)