Interviews
As part of our mission to educate the public on all aspects of aging, CREA periodically chats with workers in the field.
- 9 May 2007 — Current trends of research in aging and longevity
- Dr. Jan Vijg of Buck Institute discusses the current situation in the science of aging and longevity, and presents three primary potential concerns regarding the trends in longevity research.
- 22 Sept 2004 — Prescriptions for a metabolic tune-up
- Biochemist Bruce Ames discusses why taking a garden-variety multivitamin every day could keep you from getting cancer. He also has some recommendations for more exotic supplements that may enhance mental function.
- 29 Mar 2004 — The demographics of American aging
- Ronald Lee, an economist and demographer at Cal, discusses how our Social Security mess came about and what we might do to fix it. Plus: the evolution of grandparents.
- 4 Mar 2004 — Moragas on Mediterranean Aging
- Ricardo Moragas Moragas is a Spanish gerontologist studying the social changes wrought by the graying of Southern Europe.
- 19 Jan 2004 — When cells stop dividing
- UCB postdoc Judy Wong is studying telomerase, a protein that plays a key role in aging at the cellular level.
- 15 Dec 2003 — Putting organs on ice
- Recent Cal graduate Pam Chitamitara discusses her undergraduate research in organ cryopreservation.