The Longevity Industry is worth billions, with hopes of delaying disease, extending our sprightly years and maybe even throwing in a few extra. I let a system of science and data run my body. It does a betterjob taking care of me than i can. Maybe even our Furry Friends can be with us for longer. He sneezed in my face. And the things some people will do to stay young you got this. Do you consider yourself a guinea pig . Laughs. No, i do not. I consider myself to be an explorer on the frontiers, trying to find out what is possible. Tech entrepreneur bryanjohnson is spending millions trying to turn back time on his body. I refer to myself as a professional rejuvenation athlete. Its a new sport i want to create. Im not a bio hacker, im not a health enthusiast, i am a professional rejuvenation athlete. I love it. Working with a team of 30 scientists, his daily life is dictated by an extreme regime of fitness, diet, tablets, tracking and treatments. I am chronologically 45 years old, biolog
wrexham secured a fairy tale return to the english football league after a 15 year absence with their hollywood owners. you are watching bbc news now it s time for forever young? from the moment we arrive on this planet, we re all heading in the same direction. i could come up with a date predicting when you would die. well, thanks, but maybe the way that the years play out isn t inevitable. so, how about the idea of being able to increase our health spans, live the better years of our lives for longer, feel like we re a0 at 60? there s 15 to 17 years of healthy life that is up for grabs for all of us. we head to california to meet the scientists and founders who want to make it a reality. ageing, by itself, is the largest risk factor for every single disease, this chronic disease of ageing. so, by targeting it, you target all disease together. but how do we separate science from snake oil? the longevity industry is worth billions, with hopes of delaying disease, extendin
yeah, we get normal eyes and diseased eyes. we can section the eye, a cross section of it very thinly and put it on a microscope slide. here we are testing different drug candidates on our animal models. so we test in a diseased animal model, does our drug actually inhibit the neovascularisation from forming or get rid of it once it is already formed? a lot of mouse trials have not translated well into humans? we believe it translates relatively well compared to a tumour of cells, and a tumour in a human. quite creepy when you know what it is. yeah, i think it is quite cool. but maybe we are missing something. lifestyle is responsible for about 93% of your longevity. only about 7% on your genetics so you can t blame your parents. a lot of exercise, some fasting, a lot of good sleep, a lot of social connection, very little alcohol, try to spend at least 14 hours of your 24 hour day
that they have a basis of cellular senescence, these agents we re working on could have applicability in other disease areas. so, here, we re actually testing different drug candidates on our animal models. and so we test in a diseased animal model. does our drug actually inhibit the neovascularisation from forming or actually get rid of it once it s already formed? a lot of mouse trials haven t translated well into humans. we believe that it translates relatively well, compared to maybe, like, a tumour of cells and a tumour in a human. quite creepy when you know what it is. yeah! i think it s quite cool. but maybe we re missing something.