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19 Is Aging Simply a Loss of Biological Information?
Our current healthcare system acts as a bystander, waiting for diseases to manifest before intervening. But what if we could monitor our biology continuously and actively reprogram our cells to prevent these diseases from ever starting?This conversation dives deep into the biology of aging as an informational problem. Dr. David Sinclair explains how the digital genome remains stable, but the analog epigenome degrades over time, causing organs to lose their function. He shares the journey of his lab's discovery—showing how three specific genes can safely reboot cellular memory, restore tissue…
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