Is the process of ageing inevitable?

02/01/2022 29 min
Is the process of ageing inevitable?

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Episode Synopsis


Some animals, like sea sponges, can live for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. They also never get cancer. Understanding why that’s the case has led scientists to question conventional notions of ageing. The idea that future humans may never grow old now seems theoretically possible.