How science is tackling the aging crisis

“When it comes to everyday people’s lives, what’s important to them isn’t always the biological age or their clock, they actually want to make sure that they’re functionally happy, that they can still go out and dance or go for a long walk or play with their grandchildren–those are the things that matter to people,” he said. “ Biological clocks are a view into the science, but they’re not necessarily going to help us unless we really understand what they mean and how they affect what we do.”

Looking at how science can tackle aging in a world with declining birth rates and an increasingly elderly population, Professor…