Undoing Aging

James Wordsworth
  • 5.0 (2)
  • Life Sciences
  • Updated weekly

I interview the leaders in aging research about the latest discoveries to inform us how to live a longer, healthier life. This podcast features everything from weird and wonderful animals to the cells and molecules that make them up.

Episodes

  1. 27 May

    Aubrey de Grey: curing aging by damage removal

    Aubrey discusses the implications of the different types of damage accumulating in our bodies and how aging research has evolved to focus on therapies rather than underlying mechanisms to help us reach the longevity escape velocity sooner.

    1hr 17min

  2. 30 Apr

    Jácint Tökölyi - Hydra Aging

    Hydra are among the lucky few immortals, but not even all hydra manage to stay young indefinitely. We learn about regeneration, stem cells, aging, and cancer in these early life forms.

    1hr 22min

  3. 31 Mar

    Jan Vijg - Aging by DNA damage accumulation

    Somatic mutation theory is the dominant theory for why we decline. Jan describes the evidence and implications for therapies

    1hr 12min

  4. 19 Mar

    Alex Wolf - The ageing vs cancer trade-off

    Many believe that ageing and cancer are the same process, but several lines of evidence suggest that ageing and age-related diseases might have evolved to prevent cancer.

    1hr 36min

  5. 13 Mar

    Josh Mitteldorf - Aging as an altruistic programme

    Aging is clearly detrimental, but perhaps our sacrifice has an unexpected benefit to our species. Would life be sustainable without aging, or would we all be undergoing obligatory calorie restriction? Josh describes his demographic theory of why we age.

    1hr 6min

  6. 5 Mar

    David Gems - The evolution of aging

    I discuss the reasons why evolution causes animals to age and die despite reducing their evolutionary fitness. Professor Gems focusses on the idea that aging might be a program or programs that provide other advantages.

    1hr 19min

  7. 12 Feb

    Introduction

    Quick intro: this is about the science of aging. Molecules, animals, therapies and more. Music from SoundHelix by T. Schürger.

    5 min
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I interview the leaders in aging research about the latest discoveries to inform us how to live a longer, healthier life. This podcast features everything from weird and wonderful animals to the cells and molecules that make them up.

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    James Wordsworth
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
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