I recently sat down with Aubrey de Grey, founder, president and chief science officer of the LEV Foundation, for my show, The 200 Year Life Project.
We covered a lot of ground in 38 minutes:
- Why he sees aging as accumulated damage, and the body as a machine that can be repaired
- Longevity escape velocity, and why people around 60 are likely to get the first rejuvenation treatments
- Early targets: Parkinson’s, stem cells, and senolytic drugs that clear “zombie” cells
- Whether only the rich will get these therapies, and why he thinks governments will end up paying
- What he calls the most overhyped thing in longevity
- His advice for someone who is 70 today
I’m over 70 and testing longevity science on myself in public, so that last answer mattered to me personally.
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