The science of cells that never get old | Elizabeth Blackburn
What makes our bodies age ... our skin wrinkle, our hair turn white, our immune systems weaken? Biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shares a Nobel Prize for her ...
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Where does the end begin? Well, for me, it all began with this little fellow. This adorable organism -- well, I think it's adorable -- is called Tetrahymena and it's a single-celled creature. It's also been known as pond scum. So that's right, my career started with pond scum. Now, it was no surprise I became a scientist. Growing up far away from here, as a little girl I was deadly curious about everything alive. I used to pick up lethally poisonous stinging jellyfish and sing to them. And so starting my career, I was deadly curious about fundamental mysteries of the most basic building blocks of life, and I was fortunate to live in a society where that curiosity was valued. Now, for me, this little pond scum critter Tetrahymena was a great way to study the fundamenta...
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Where does the end begin? Well, for me, it all began with this little fellow. This adorable organism -- well, I think it's adorable -- is called Tetrahymena and it's a single-celled creature. It's also been known as pond scum. So that's right, my career started with pond scum. Now, it was no surprise I became a scientist. Growing up far away from here, as a little girl I was deadly curious about everything alive. I used to pick up lethally poisonous stinging jellyfish and sing to them. And so starting my career, I was deadly curious about fundamental mysteries of the most basic building blocks of life, and I was fortunate to live in a society where that curiosity was valued. Now, for me, this little pond scum critter Tetrahymena was a great way to study the fundamenta...
