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b'We all try to fight it: the inexorable march of time. The fountain of youth doesn\\u2019t exist, and all those wrinkle creams can\\u2019t help. But modern science is giving us new weapons in the fight against aging. So how far are we willing to go?\\nHear when aging begins, a summary of the latest biotech research, and how a lab full of youthful worms might help humans stay healthy.\\nAlso, a geneticist who takes a radical approach: collect the DNA that codes for longevity and restructure our genome. He finds inspiration \\u2013 and perhaps genes as well \\u2013 in the bi-centenarian bowhead whale.\\nBut what if age really is mind over matter? A psychologist\\u2019s extraordinary thought experiment with septuagenarian men turns back the clock 20 years. Will it work on diseases such as cancer as well?\\xa0\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nGordon Lithgow \\u2013 Geneticist, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California\\n\\n\\n Manish Chamoli \\u2013 Post-doctoral researcher, Buck Institute for Research on Aging\\n\\n\\nGeorge Church \\u2013 Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, author of Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves\\n\\n\\n\\nEllen Langer \\u2013 Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and author of Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility\\n\\n\\nFirst released April 6, 2015.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'