#266 - Nicklas Brendborg on JELLYFISH AGE BACKWARDS Books on Pod with Trey Elling

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)