How can we best reach a vigorous old age? Video examined this question during this summer's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which brought early-career biologists together with Nobel Prize–winners
Oct 1, 2014
| | Growing old is inevitable, and across the world average life expectancy is increasing. With the prevalence of age-related diseases following suit and a limited pot of resources, where should scientists be targeting research? In this , superstar statistician Hans Rosling sets the record straight about the cause of the world’s aging population, and Nobel laureate Oliver Smithies, now 89, gives his opinion on medical research priorities. But when reporter Lorna Stewart talks to young researchers, they disagree with the laureates on where scientists should be focusing their efforts.
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