Dr. Aubrey de Grey

Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist and the founder of the SENS research foundation which aims to find technologies that can repair the various types of damage that occur during the aging process.

In this episode, we discuss...

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:27 - How to understand aging
00:08:14 - Epigenetic modifications accommodate cellular aging
00:18:24 - Inflammation is a double-edged sword
00:24:00 - Parabiosis has the potential to slow aging
00:31:35 - Lifestyle factors can only extend lifespan so far
00:36:49 - Future of Crispr/Cas9 in aging research
00:40:56 - Utilizing pluripotent stem cells from the placenta

You can find Aubrey on Twitter at @aubreydegrey, and his foundation at www.sens.org.

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