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Molecular biologist Nicklas Brendborg chats with Trey Elling about JELLYFISH AGE BACKWARDS: NATURE'S SECRETS TO LONGEVITY. Topics include:

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