#266 - Nicklas Brendborg on JELLYFISH AGE BACKWARDS

Molecular biologist Nicklas Brendborg chats with Trey Elling about JELLYFISH AGE BACKWARDS: NATURE'S SECRETS TO LONGEVITY. Topics include: Why we age (:51) How a certain jellyfish ages backwards (1:29) The unique aging of salmon (2:26) Large animals outliving small ones (3:17) The curious case of the naked mole rat (4:19) Genetics and lifespan (6:49) Why eradicating major diseases wouldn't extend average lifespan (9:20) Distinguishing the queen bee from worker bees (12:04) Antioxidant supplements bad for our health? (12:59) Hormesis (14:30) Heat shock proteins (16:25) Human growth hormone (19:30) Insulin-like Growth Factor 1, aka IGF-1 (21:25) Rapamycin and fungi (2:22) Spermadine (25:43) Telomeres (26:44) The epigenetic clock (28:33) Do old people benefit from young blood transfusions (34:13) The microbiome and aging (36:31) Fecal transplants (39:06) Caloric restriction (40:05) Insulin and the aging process (45:45) Metformin (48:33) Exercise (51:35)