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S1E7 Aubrey de Grey: curing aging by damage removal
Aubrey discusses the implications of the different types of damage accumulating in our bodies and how aging research has evolved to focus on therapies rather than underlying mechanisms to help us…
S1E6 Jácint Tökölyi - Hydra Aging
Hydra are among the lucky few immortals, but not even all hydra manage to stay young indefinitely. We learn about regeneration, stem cells, aging, and cancer in these early life forms.
S1E5 Jan Vijg - Aging by DNA damage accumulation
Somatic mutation theory is the dominant theory for why we decline. Jan describes the evidence and implications for therapies
S1E4 Alex Wolf - The ageing vs cancer trade-off
Many believe that ageing and cancer are the same process, but several lines of evidence suggest that ageing and age-related diseases might have evolved to prevent cancer.
S1E3 Josh Mitteldorf - Aging as an altruistic programme
Aging is clearly detrimental, but perhaps our sacrifice has an unexpected benefit to our species. Would life be sustainable without aging, or would we all be undergoing obligatory calorie…
S1E2 David Gems - The evolution of aging
I discuss the reasons why evolution causes animals to age and die despite reducing their evolutionary fitness. Professor Gems focusses on the idea that aging might be a program or programs that…
S1E1 Introduction
Quick intro: this is about the science of aging. Molecules, animals, therapies and more.Music from SoundHelix by T. Schürger.
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Undoing Aging has published 7 episodes since February 2026, covering topics in Life Sciences, Science.
Undoing Aging is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h 18m.
