Can We Reverse Aging?
5/17/202629 min
The quest for a “cure” for aging — a way to remain youthful, even as we get older — is a project as old as humanity. It’s also a big business; products, therapies and treatments intended to moderate or reverse aging are part of a $2 trillion global wellness market that’s only getting bigger.
But there have been some recent breakthroughs in the science of longevity that could be pivotal for the field. These discoveries have to do with cellular rejuvenation, which is the idea that scientists could take a cell that has aged, and make it function like a younger version of itself.
On this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” the host Rachel Abrams talks with Susan Dominus, a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, about this new research, the scientists behind it and who is funding this scientific quest for longer lives.
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Susan Dominus is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine.
Background Reading:
Longevity Science Is Overhyped. But This Research Really Could Change Humanity.
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Rachel Abrams· Host0:27
[upbeat music] From The New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is The Daily on Sunday. Since the beginning of time, humans have quested for the fountain of youth, and these days, people are pouring billions and billions of dollars into products and therapies and treatments that are intended to reverse aging. [gentle music] And now, scientists may have gotten closer than ever before to treatments that could restore our youth. Today, I talk with my colleague, Susan Dominus, who spoke with some of those scientists about their research and where the money that is funding it is coming from. It's Sunday, May 17th. Sue Dominus, welcome to The Daily.
Susan Dominus· Guest1:20
Thank you so much for having me.
Rachel Abrams· Host1:22
So Sue, you cover the intersection of culture and science, and recently you have been focused on a very particular pursuit