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Investors are spending billions of dollars on novel ways to extend human life through inventive treatments, therapies, and even manipulating our genes. And increasingly, it seems as though anti-ageing efforts have moved from the super-rich to a mass market consumer industry.
In a new series of Tech Tonic, FT reporters Hannah Kuchler and Michael Peel ask whether breakthroughs in science and technology can really help us live longer, and even stop us ageing altogether.
Listen to episodes as they are released, read episode transcripts and watch the trailer below. Or subscribe and listen to Tech Tonic for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Listen to Episode 1: The origins of ageing
How much do we really know about ageing? For decades, scientists have been trying to understand the biology of the ageing process — what happens to our bodies as we get older? And is it possible to slow that process down, or even stop it all together?