Can fruit flies teach us how to extend human life?

⁠Kennedy Schaal⁠⁠, CEO of ⁠Rejuve.Bio⁠⁠, explains how her team bred flies to live 7 months and what it means for aging research.

In this episode:

– The Methuselah fruit fly experiment: world’s longest-running evolutionary biology project

– What Yamanaka factors and genetic signatures reveal about aging

– How AI and genomics are accelerating discovery

– Real-world applications: Alzheimer’s research and preventive health

– Why Kennedy is advocating for young scientists and open collaboration

Plus: her early fascination with aging, working with ⁠⁠Ben Goertzel ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠SingularityNet⁠⁠, and what comes next for reversing age-related decline.

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