Richard Farragher – Professor of Biogerontology – Improving Later Life Health Through an Understanding of the Mechanisms of Ageing
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
While research efforts to answer this question are ongoing, Farragher believes that there are three primary mechanisms of ageing: the cessation of cell division (aka ‘cellular senescence’), the decline in efficiency of nutrient recycling in the body, and the restriction of a DNA-based process referred to as ‘slicing.’ Farragher explains each one in detail and explores the ways in which they could be addressed in order to improve and prolong health.
Farragher will be speaking at New Scientist Live in the UK this September, and is always happy to answer questions via email. Tune in for the full discussion.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Almost Here, Around the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:07.0 | Future Technologies |
| 0:08.0 | Boys to transform our lives for better or worse are the focus of this podcast. Almost here means these |
| 0:14.8 | technologies are now here and starting to be used or just around the corner for |
| 0:19.6 | Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, 3D printing, blockchain, virtual reality, and more. |
| 0:25.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Future Check Podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | My guest today is Professor Richard Farrager. |
| 0:32.0 | He's a professor of bio-gerontology |
| 0:34.9 | at the University of Brighton. |
| 0:36.5 | And he was a past chair of the British Society |
| 0:38.9 | for Research on Aging |
| 0:40.5 | and the International Association for Biomedical Gerontology. |
| 0:44.0 | So Professor, how you doing? |
| 0:46.0 | Not so bad, Rich. |
| 0:48.0 | Not so bad, yourself. |
| 0:49.0 | Good, yeah, thanks for making the time. |
| 0:51.0 | That's okay. Thank you for having your share. |
| 0:53.0 | Yeah, so tell me what interests you in aging, what, you know, what got you into it besides |
| 0:58.6 | being a, you know, someone that's aging just like the rest of us. |
| 1:02.0 | That's an interesting one. |
| 1:04.0 | I mean, I think what interests me most about aging |
| 1:09.0 | the field is the potential to improve the health of older people everywhere. |
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