mTOR and the Science of Aging and Chronic Disease | The Doctor Weighs In

By: William H. Bestermann MD and Patricia Salber MD, MBA

Let’s start our discussion by diving into some of the basic science related to prolongation of a healthy lifespan.

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What if you could age slower and maintain your ability to be active and enjoy your family well into your 70’s or 80’s or beyond? What if you could delay the onset of chronic disease by almost a decade? Well, that is no longer a dream. Thanks to advances in the science of aging and chronic disease, we know that there are things that you can do now to impact your health and, perhaps, your longevity.

Let’s start our discussion by diving into some of the basic science related to prolongation of a healthy lifespan. Don’t worry, we are going to start with a video and it’s going to be fun.

What we can learn about aging and longevity from worms

First, check out this very entertaining short TED talk by Cynthia Kenyon who is a top scientist at the University of California at San Francisco Medical School. Then come back to this post for an expanded discussion.

The importance of Dr. Kenyon’s work and that of contemporary aging researchers is that they showed, for the first time, that aging and…