The 91-Year-Old Physicist Betting His Body on Mitochondrial Transplant | John Cramer PhD

About this episode

Dr. John G. Cramer discusses his experimental mitochondrial transplant and its implications for aging.

What if aging isn't a hundred separate problems but a single one — an energy crisis inside the tiny power plants of every cell? At 91, Dr. John G. Cramer is betting his own body on the answer. In this episode of Health Longevity Secrets, Robert Lufkin MD sits down with Dr. John G. Cramer — Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Washington and author of "How to Live Much Longer" — the oldest human on Earth to receive an experimental mitochondrial transplant. They unpack a unifying ...

People in this episode

Host: Robert Lufkin MD

Guest: John G. Cramer

Topics covered

• aging
• mitochondrial transplant
• energy crisis
• health
• longevity
• physics

Keywords

• aging
• mitochondrial transplant
• energy crisis
• longevity
• health
• John G. Cramer
• Robert Lufkin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Washington

Books & works: How to Live Much Longer

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