Description: Long life is humanity's ancient and perennial goal. Prophets promised it, explorers searched for it and today's society is obsessed with it. The panelists discuss the biology of aging and debate the facts, fads and fallacies of living longer -- and offer the best and most sensible advice to slow the aging process. Joining host Robert Kuhn are gene therapist French Anderson; best-selling author and surgeon Sherwin Nuland; fitness theorist Arthur S. De Vany; biophysicist Gregory Stock; and longevity expert Roy Walford.
Speaker(s):
French Anderson, director, Gene Therapy Laboratories; professor of biochemistry and pediatrics, University of Southern California
Sherwin Nuland, clinical professor of surgery,Yale University; medical history and bioethics teacher, Yale University
Arthur S. De Vany, professor of economics, University of California at Irvine
Gregory Stock, director, Medicine, Technology and Society Program, UCLA; author
Roy Walford, a leading authority on the biology of aging; professor of pathology, Medical School, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Ph.D., UCLA; Closer to Truth host
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