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Episode Synopsis
Singapore has become a model for longevity-focused healthcare. With an ageing population and citizens willing to spend money on anti-ageing treatments, the government and private companies are spending big on new ways to slow ageing, and help people live healthier for longer.In this episode the FT’s Michael Peel visits the city-state to find out how longevity treatments are moving into the mainstream. He meets venture capitalist Boyang Wang, personal trainer Tiat Lim (‘Singapore’s Benjamin Button’), and longevity clinic founder Allen Law. Plus, we hear from Tan Kiat How, Singapore’s senior minister of state for health, and National University of Singapore professor Andrea Maier.Free to read: ‘Can I lunge my way to eternal life?’How one supplement sums up the uneasy science of selling youth Singapore’s prime minister warns of ‘messy’ transition to post-American order This series of Tech Tonic is hosted by Hannah Kuchler and Michael Peel. It is produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon. The senior producer is Edwin Lane. Flo Phillips is the executive producer. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Fact checking by Simon Greaves, Lucy Baldwin and Tara Cromie. Original music by Metaphor Music. Manuela Saragosa is the FT’s acting co-head of audio. Special thanks to Owen Walker.The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts.Clips: @channelnewsasiaTo sign up for free to the new FT Alphaville newsletter on substack, go to ftav.substack.comRead a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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