Can Aging Be Cured? A Conversation With Biologists David Sinclair and Ali Brivanlou

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Are decaying, aging, and dying truly scientifically predestined? And could there be a cure? With advances in biology and genetics, could scientists pause, or even reverse, the process? Would a cure for aging indefinitely stave off death? And what would the implications be for 8 billion people on this planet if we cease to die?

For Scientific Controversies No. 29, PW Director of Sciences Janna Levin hosted two brilliant biologists in conversation: Prof. David Sinclair of Harvard—a researcher committed to aging in reverse—and Prof. Ali Brivanlou of Rockefeller University—an explorer of human embryonic stem cells, and an impassioned defender of whiskey, cigarettes, and meat.

This project is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology, bridging the two cultures of science and the arts.
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