AI-Powered Longevity Science — One Gene to Reverse Aging? | Daniel Ives PhD

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Dr. Daniel Ives discusses the discovery of a gene that may reverse aging using AI technology.

What if an AI could run centuries of aging experiments in a year? Dr. Daniel Ives, CEO of Shift Bioscience, explains how his team used a virtual cell to discover SB000 — a single gene that matches Yamanaka factor rejuvenation without cancer risk. CHAPTERS: 00:00 — Centuries of experiments in a year 02:03 — Daniel's journey: physics → Aubrey de Grey 10:08 — The epigenetic clock breakthrough 12:09 — The 13 mitochondrial genes 20:09 — Yamanaka factors (OSKM) explained 22:10 — Partial reprogramm...

People in this episode

Host: Robert Lufkin MD

Guest: Daniel Ives

Topics covered

• AI in longevity
• gene therapy
• aging research
• epigenetics
• mitochondrial genes

Keywords

• AI
• longevity
• aging
• SB000
• Yamanaka factors
• epigenetic clock
• mitochondrial genes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shift Bioscience

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