The biggest myth about aging, according to science | Morgan Levine: Full Interview

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Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=yt_desc Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Doctors rarely speak about this massive risk factor | Andrew Steele ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPD4ZiULEU Most of us measure age by birthdays, but what if the number on your ID tells only half the story? Dr. Morgan Levine explores the hidden clock inside our cells, unraveling how the biological age that reveals how fast our bodies are really aging is calculated. 0:00 The science of aging 2:14 How we measure age: Biological versus chronological 3:58 What aging looks like across species 4:45 Aging beneath the surface 5:55 Can we measure aging? 9:39 Slowing aging to extend health 13:33 How we measure age: Epigenetic 15:36 From molecular errors to systemic decline 19:48 Intervening in aging without over-optimizing 24:00 Is aging a disease? 26:31 How disease happens 29:39 The power of lifestyle 30:48 Can we reverse aging? 32:45 Reprogramming cells to a younger state 35:53 Why measuring age changes how we treat disease 40:15 How nutrition enables longevity 41:42 The science behind caloric restriction 44:40 What diet research really suggests 50:20 Living better, not just longer Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/series/full-interview/science-of-aging/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description © Freethink Media Inc., All Rights Reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Youtube Member Get exclusive classes and early, ad-free access to new releases without leaving Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@bigthink/membership/ ►Become a Big Think Web Member Get the entire Big Think Class library, premium print issues, live events, and more. https://bigthink.com/membership/ ►Subscribe to Big Think on Substack Get all of your favorite Big Think content delivered to your inbox. https://bigthinkmedia.substack.com/subscribe/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Morgan Levine: Morgan Levine was previously a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the department of Pathology at Yale University where she ran the Laboratory for Aging in Living Systems. In 2022, she was recruited to join Altos Labs as a Founding Principal Investigator at the San Diego Institute of Science. She currently leads a research group at Altos Labs working at the intersection of bioinformatics, cellular biology, complex systems, and biostatistics with the overall goal of understanding the molecular trajectories aging cells, tissues, and organisms take through time.