Molecular biologist Nicklas Brendborg chats with Trey Elling about JELLYFISH AGE BACKWARDS: NATURE'S SECRETS TO LONGEVITY. Topics include:
- Why we age (:51)
- How a certain jellyfish ages backwards (1:29)
- The unique aging of salmon (2:26)
- Large animals outliving small ones (3:17)
- The curious case of the naked mole rat (4:19)
- Genetics and lifespan (6:49)
- Why eradicating major diseases wouldn't extend average lifespan (9:20)
- Distinguishing the queen bee from worker bees (12:04)
- Antioxidant supplements bad for our health? (12:59)
- Hormesis (14:30)
- Heat shock proteins (16:25)
- Human growth hormone (19:30)
- Insulin-like Growth Factor 1, aka IGF-1 (21:25)
- Rapamycin and fungi (2:22)
- Spermadine (25:43)
- Telomeres (26:44)
- The epigenetic clock (28:33)
- Do old people benefit from young blood transfusions (34:13)
- The microbiome and aging (36:31)
- Fecal transplants (39:06)
- Caloric restriction (40:05)
- Insulin and the aging process (45:45)
- Metformin (48:33)
- Exercise (51:35)
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