Can we cure ageing?

Andrew Steele thinks that ageing is the world’s most important problem. It makes us forgetful and frail, and puts us at risk of deadly diseases from cancer to dementia—but is there anything we can do? The good news is that breakthroughs in biology are helping us to understand why we grow old and, even more exciting, treatments that will allow us to do something about it. So, could we treat ageing or even, one day, cure it? What would this mean for our health, our economy, and what it means to be human? This talk will be a tour of the cutting edge of longevity science—prepare to think differently about your future.