Borrowed Time Quotes

“for every 25,000 compounds that start in the laboratory, 25 are tested in humans, 5 make it to market and just one recoups what was invested’.”
― Sue Armstrong, Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age

“global epigenetic remodelling’.”
― Sue Armstrong, Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age

“From what they have learnt so far, they reckon that some 20–30 per cent of our natural lifespan is accounted for by our genetic heritage, while environmental influences account for the rest.”
― Sue Armstrong, Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age

“Leonard Hayflick, in the 1960s, demonstrated that normal human cells have a finite limit to proliferation: the population only doubles in number about 50 times.”
― Sue Armstrong, Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age