December 31, 2008

We are All Living Longer


According to biochemist Gregory Petsko, “The average lifetime has more than doubled since 1840 and it’s increasing currently at the rate of about 5 hours every day.” His three minute talk shows why that isn’t such a good thing, as well as offering hope that we might be on the verge of a medical breakthrough.

You can listen to Petsko's three minute talk here:

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