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[Athanasios]

http://www.twit.tv/fib30

Benjamin Franklin said: “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes”. But in these times of technological revolution, does this statement still hold true? And if so, for how long? Genes have been identified that upon activation can extend lifespan in most organisms. The great labs of Leonard Guarente at MIT (featured in FiB episode 2), Cynthia Kenyon at UCSF, as well Linda Buck, Nobel Laureate in 2004, are all working arduously to elucidate the molecular details to both slow down the aging process and extend lifespan. Well, Aubrey de Grey is a fairly controversial figure because he proposes doing away with death all together - leaving us with only taxes, I guess?

[JonesGuy]

I love Futures in Biotech with my whole heart. I'm sad that this interview had such poor quality audio.

[Athanasios]

I love Futures in Biotech with my whole heart. I'm sad that this interview had such poor quality audio.

Yeah, I think it is just very hard to understand Aubrey over the phone.

I do like to hear him talk to other scientists or crowds that aren't general public as he usually will up the detail of his talks.