Advertisement

Longevity, Immortality and the quest to defeat death with Aubrey De Grey

How do you eat an elephant? One spoon at a time, right? Well It's the same with living forever. No one is going to find a magic potion that will make you 20 again but over the years we are slowly, consistently and incrementally improving patient health and preventing diseases associated with ageing. We've nearly doubled life expectancy in just over a century. Doubled! Jonathan caught up with Author and Biomedical Gerontologist Aubrey De Grey at the Inaugural Longevity Summit in Dublin to hear why he thinks the first person to live to 150 has already been born.

Share this article

18.07 25 Sep 2022


Longevity, Immortality and the quest to defeat death with Aubrey De Grey



Share this article

18.07 25 Sep 2022


How do you eat an elephant? One spoon at a time, right? Well It's the same with living forever. No one is going to find a magic potion that will make you 20 again but over the years we are slowly, consistently and incrementally improving patient health and preventing diseases associated with ageing. We've nearly doubled life expectancy in just over a century. Doubled! Jonathan caught up with Author and Biomedical Gerontologist Aubrey De Grey at the Inaugural Longevity Summit in Dublin to hear why he thinks the first person to live to 150 has already been born.


Read more about

Futureproof With Jonathan McCrea

Related Episodes

Singer Duffy to share sex assa...

00:05:24

Singer Duffy to share sex assault ordeal in new documentary

The Claire Byrne Show

00:05:24


Is a supermarket price war on...

00:05:47

Is a supermarket price war on the way?

The Claire Byrne Show

00:05:47


Sky crack down further against...

00:11:55

Sky crack down further against dodgy-box owners

The Claire Byrne Show

00:11:55


Niall Quinn on Ireland's chanc...

00:04:59

Niall Quinn on Ireland's chances tonight!

Newstalk Breakfast

00:04:59