How to Slow Aging (and even reverse it)

Scientists like Prof Sinclair have evidence of speeding up, slowing, and even reversing aging. What causes aging? According to Professor David Sinclair, it is a loss of information in our epigenome, the system of proteins like histones and chemical markers like methylation that turn on and off...

21 min - Society & Culture - Veritasium

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