Now she works with Google’s Calico, and the aim is to potentially lengthen the lives of humans by 100 years. These discoveries came over two and a half decades ago. Imagine if we could take a pill to introduce mutated daf2 hormone receptors into our bodies. Another finding was that living things with mutated daf2 hormone receptors are less likely to get ageing diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, cancer, or heart disease. As mice are mammals, it is possible that the same effect could be achieved in humans. The most impressive part of Cynthia Kenyon’s studies is that when repeated on mice, the same effect took hold. In human terms, a mutant worm would look like a teenager in middle age. She found that a daf2 hormone receptor mutation doubled the lifespan of a simple worm without impacting on the quality of the worm’s life. elegans worms show us that it may be possible to make life longer. OK, so it’s not quite as straightforward as that, but her genetic studies regarding ageing in C.
Without diminishing the groundbreaking achievements of women throughout the history of science, it's time we got to know those taking great strides forward in the here and now.įrom a polymath poetry translator to the inventor of a transformational genome editing technology, here are four of the most influential female scientists who are changing the world around us.Įver wanted to live forever? Molecular biologist Cynthia Kenyon may have the answer. While there are countless online articles highlighting famous women scientists from the past - featuring the likes of Marie Curie - very little is made of female scientists currently in work. There are, however, a significant number of women in science making major inroads in the traditionally male-dominated discipline.
In almost every industry women are not only underrepresented, they are underappreciated. To recognise International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021, we're celebrating the world’s most influential women scientists.
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