[This show first aired 11/26/2007.]

David Gobel cofounded The Methuselah Foundation and the The Methuselah Mouse Prize.Polio and The March of Dimes.The ongoing Sabin v. Salk controversy.Why Napolean is, in spite of himself, one of the great benefactors of humanity. He offered a food preservation prize that resulted in canning.David Gobel first proposed the concept of Actuarial Escape Velocity - a point in time at which the acceleration of advances in biomedical technology surpass the rate at which humans age .And, lastly, Dave Gobel explained how normal people with normal incomes are making the Methuselah Mouse Prize possible.Other than aging, what's the deadliest disease in the world? You might be surprised.