• Can ageing be stopped? A biologist explains

  • Aug 22 2024
  • Length: 31 mins
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Can ageing be stopped? A biologist explains

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  • For millennia, humanity has obsessed about halting ageing and, ultimately, preventing death. Yet while advances in medicine and public-health have seen human life-expectancy more than double, our maximum lifespan stubbornly remains around 120 years.


    On the latest episode of Nature hits the books, Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan joins us to discuss what scientists have learnt about the molecular processes underlying ageing, whether they can be prevented, and why the quest for longevity also needs to consider the health-related issues associated with old age.



    Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality Venki Ramakrishnan Hodder (2024)


    Music supplied by Airae/Epidemic Sound/Getty images.


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