Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist and the founder of the SENS research foundation which aims to find technologies that can repair the various types of damage that occur during the aging process. In this episode Rhonda and Aubrey discuss the types of damage that cause aging, how aging results in a decrease in the capacity to repair damage, what role epigenetics play in aging, how people age at different rates, chronic inflammation as a driver of aging, factors that are in young blood that repair damage, the role of nutrition in aging, and recent technologies such as CRISPR, induced pluripotent stem cells that will advance anti-aging research and more. You can find Aubrey on twitter at @aubreydegrey, and his foundation at http://www.sens.org. ▶︎ Get the show notes! https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/aubrey-de-grey Chapters 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:03 - What is aging 00:04:58 - Epigenetics 00:09:37 - Biological clock 00:15:08 - Drivers of aging 00:18:52 - Inflammation 00:23:09 - Parabiosis 00:28:00 - Nutrition 00:34:20 - CRISPR/Cas9 00:38:27 - Placental stem cells ------------------------- ▶︎ Join my weekly newsletter: http://www.foundmyfitness.com/?sendme=nutrigenomics ▶︎ Crowdfund more videos: http://www.patreon.com/foundmyfitness ▶︎ Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=foundmyfitness ▶︎ Subscribe to the podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/foundmyfitness/id818198322 ▶︎ Twitter: http://twitter.com/foundmyfitness ▶︎ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foundmyfitness ▶︎ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/foundmyfitness