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:
[media:http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/gregory_petsko_on_the_coming_neurological_epidemic]

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