Summary

We’re born, we grow old, we die. It’s a rhythm long considered inevitable. But is it? Or is aging merely a disease awaiting a cure? Will science one day stave off aging or even reverse it? Leading scientists explore the biology of aging and recent breakthroughs that some think could have people living healthfully to 120 or beyond by the end of this century.

Moderated by Brian Greene and featuring experts in ageing, David Sinclair, Laura Niedernhofer, Nir Barzilai and Elissa Epel.

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Brian Greene

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Brian Greene

Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics, is renowned for his groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory, including the co-discovery of mirror symmetry and of spatial topology change.

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David Sinclair

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David Sinclair

David Sinclair is Professor of Genetics and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research at Harvard Medical School where he directs his own lab. He...

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Elissa Epel

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Elissa Epel

Elissa Epel is a Professor, as well as Vice Chair, of the Department of Psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. She is the President of the Academy of Behavioral...

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Laura Niedernhofer

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Laura Niedernhofer

Laura Niedernhofer is Director of the Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism at the University of Minnesota, where she is also a professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and...

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Nir Barzilai

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Nir Barzilai

Nir Barzilai is the founding director of the Institute for Aging Research, the Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging and the Paul F. Glenn Center...

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SUPPORTING LEARNING RESOURCES

Living to 120 and beyond

Dr David Sinclair spoke to ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler on his research into the fight against the inevitability of aging.

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