Episode 16: Are parasites controlling our behaviour? Antibiotic resistance growing in animals; regenerating spinal cord tissue
Can we live disease-free up to 120? Scientists say, yes we can!
We are living longer with an increase in human lifespan of 2.5 years per decade. Scientists are now focused on achieving healthspans, where we live disease free, which can match our longer lives.
This piece for Drivetime on RTE Radio 1, broadcast on 21st June, features interviews with three leading scientists working on different ways to solve the ageing ‘problem’; Luke O’Neill, TCD, Fergal O’Brien, RCSI, and Emma Teeling UCD.
Episode 5: Is our future immortal? Science begins its ‘Fantastic Voyage’
Episode 3: Can science defeat ageing? CRISPR for CF; How will autonomous cars change our cities?
Episode 5: Are dire A.I. predictions justified? How can science survive ‘fake news’? Searching for the source of the Sun’s power
