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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