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Nir Barzilai: The Secrets of Centenarians

Nir Barzilai: The Secrets of Centenarians

FromWe're not getting any younger... yet.


Nir Barzilai: The Secrets of Centenarians

FromWe're not getting any younger... yet.

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jan 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Is aging truly inevitable? Can we study the genetics of long-lived people to learn how to delay or reverse aging? In this episode, Gordon talks with Dr. Nir Barzilai about his research on centenarians, insulin signaling pathways, and moving aging interventions out of the lab and into the clinic. Support the show
Released:
Jan 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (22)

Why do some of us age gracefully and others don’t? How do our bodies and minds experience aging at the cellular and molecular level? Why do we even age to begin with? And maybe most importantly, can we do anything about it? Join host Gordon Lithgow at the Buck Institute in California as he speaks with some of the brightest scientific stars on the planet to search for – and actually find answers to – these questions and many more.