Stopping Long-Term Disease by Arresting Aging - Dr. Eric Morgen
Aging is a normal developmental program that involves discrete expression of specific genes leading to particular physiological changes. There is growing evidence that many types of long term disease, like certain cancers or neurodegenerative disorders, are not just happening in old age, they are caused by old age-- specific changes that induce a state where these problems may manifest. If aging has a discrete biological program, can that serve as a target for therapeutic intervention, to block aging as the first step in preventing age-related disease? Dr. Eric Morgan of BioAge describes the concepts of healthspan vs lifespan, and discusses the concept of aging as a gateway to disease, along with potential therapeutics that could slow the process.