GENETICS OF AGING & LONGEVITY
Search for the Fountain of Youth

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C. elegans is a tiny flatworm that is the workhorse of DNA researchers studying human aging. Cynthia Kenyon is one of the country's leading worm researchers. She has learned some amazing things about the effects of hormones on the aging process. In this scene, John Hockenberry and his tour guide Cleopatra make a trip from DeNial Lounge, to meet Dr. Kenyon in her lab at UCSF.

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