From Jellyfish to Humans: The Science of Turning Back Time
What if aging isn't the inevitable decline we've been told it is? Dr. Ian White, regenerative medicine pioneer and founder of Neobiosis, challenges conventional thinking about biological aging by exploring nature's most radical examples—from immortal jellyfish that reverse their age to lobsters that never age at all. Drawing on two decades of stem cell research at Harvard, Cornell, and beyond, he presents compelling evidence that aging can be accelerated, slowed, paused, and even reversed. This provocative session examines the mechanisms behind age reversal, from Yamanaka factors to perinatal tissues, and explores whether regenerative medicine holds the key to treating aging itself as a disease.