Ageing is not a biological inevitability. Scientists are studying every aspect of the body which could lead to treatments that could slow down, or even stop, the ageing process.
In this talk by Andrew Steele, discover how understanding the scientific implications of ageing could lead to the greatest revolution in the history of medicine. One that has the potential to transform the human condition.
Watch the Q&A with Andrew here: https://youtu.be/ZcO-KwYOVN0
Andrew's book 'Ageless' is out now: https://geni.us/t50pxZv
Andrew Steele is a London-based scientist, writer and presenter.
After completing a PhD in Physics, he decided to make the unusual leap to biology as he saw understanding ageing as the greatest humanitarian mission of our time. A recent Research Fellow at the Francis Crick Institute in London, he has used computers to decode our DNA and unravel the secrets hidden in some of modern biology’s biggest data.
He has featured in or on the Guardian, Sky News, The One Show, and Discovery’s Impossible Engineering and Through the Wormhole, BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science and Newshour.
His latest book 'AGELESS: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old' is available from Amazon at https://geni.us/t50pxZv.
This talk was recorded at the Royal Institution on 16 March 2022.
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In this talk by Andrew Steele, discover how understanding the scientific implications of ageing could lead to the greatest revolution in the history of medicine. One that has the potential to transform the human condition.
Watch the Q&A with Andrew here: https://youtu.be/ZcO-KwYOVN0
Andrew's book 'Ageless' is out now: https://geni.us/t50pxZv
Andrew Steele is a London-based scientist, writer and presenter.
After completing a PhD in Physics, he decided to make the unusual leap to biology as he saw understanding ageing as the greatest humanitarian mission of our time. A recent Research Fellow at the Francis Crick Institute in London, he has used computers to decode our DNA and unravel the secrets hidden in some of modern biology’s biggest data.
He has featured in or on the Guardian, Sky News, The One Show, and Discovery’s Impossible Engineering and Through the Wormhole, BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science and Newshour.
His latest book 'AGELESS: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old' is available from Amazon at https://geni.us/t50pxZv.
This talk was recorded at the Royal Institution on 16 March 2022.
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A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially:
Andy Carpenter, William Hudson, Richard Hawkins, Thomas Gønge, Don McLaughlin, Jonathan Sturm, Microslav Jarábek, Michael Rops, Supalak Foong, efkinel lo, Martin Paull, Ben Wynne-Simmons, Ivo Danihelka, Paulina Barren, Kevin Winoto, Jonathan Killin, Taylor Hornby, Rasiel Suarez, Stephan Giersche, William Billy Robillard, Scott Edwardsen, Jeffrey Schweitzer, Frances Dunne, jonas.app, Tim Karr, Adam Leos, Alan Latteri, Matt Townsend, John C. Vesey, Andrew McGhee, Robert Reinecke, Paul Brown, Lasse T Stendan, David Schick, Joe Godenzi, Dave Ostler, Osian Gwyn Williams, David Lindo, Roger Baker, Greg Nagel, Rebecca Pan.
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Francisco Gimeno - BC Analyst The pursuit of controlling ageing, making people live longer with good quality of life, is a complicated issue. First it's a scientific challenge, and we would be crazy if we don't research about this in an age when many elders are suffering from brain issues, demencia, Alzheimer, etc. But, second if we live more and with a better quality of life, the whole society would have to change, from work issues to how to make space to new generations, to economy, politics, whole moral and ethical issues. And third, there would be consequences which we can't even fathom now, not necessarily bad ones, of course. Everything, at the end, is about the meaning of what being human is. A society where we conquer ageing will have to define again what being human is and our relationship with our world and even the Universe itself.