Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality with Nobel laureate, Venki Ramakrishnan

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Business, Education, Society & Culture

4.6 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Today, we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in understanding why we age—and why some species live longer than others. Could we eventually cheat disease and death and live for a very long time, possibly many times our current lifespan? Venki Ramakrishnan, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and former president of the Royal Society, takes us on a riveting journey to the frontiers of biology, asking whether we must be mortal. Covering the recent breakthroughs in scientific research, he examines the cutting edge of efforts to extend lifespan by altering our physiology. Venki's book, Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality, is available now. Support the Show - Become a Patron! Help us grow and become a Patron today: https://www.patreon.com/smartpeoplepodcast Sponsors: Rocket Money - Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/SMART Factor - use code smart50 to get 50% off at factormeals.com/smart50 Babbel - Get 55% off your Babbel subscription at babbel.com/spp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.3	Hello and welcome to Smart People podcast conversations that satisfy your curious mind.
0:50.2	Chris Tempeer, thanks for tuning in.
0:52.3	Have you noticed that there's so much information about health and wellness, science, vaccines,
0:58.9	cures, that it feels like we might be on the cusp of, well, fixing it all.
1:04.7	Specifically, one thing that caught my eye recently is the use of MRNA vaccines to cure things like cancer.
1:11.7	I'm sure you've heard of MRI vaccines.
1:13.5	It's what the COVID vaccine was primarily.
1:16.7	We've got a lot of attention in the media.
1:18.2	And so I wanted to talk to somebody who could help us understand this new landscape of aging or not aging.
1:26.8	And that brings us to this week's guest, Venki Ramakrishnan.
1:31.7	Venki shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for uncovering the structure of the ribosome.
1:37.7	He's a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
1:40.7	He runs his own lab at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, and he's author
1:45.8	of the brand new book, Why We Die, the new science of aging and the quest for immortality.
1:52.4	In this episode, we start off talking a little bit about mRNA, DNA, what it is, how it works.
1:59.4	We then move into a brief discussion about the COVID vaccine.
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