Age of Enlightenment
What happens to us as we get older? In 1958, this deceptively simple question led Nathan Shock, then the head of gerontology at the National… Read More »Age of Enlightenment
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Building the Bridge from Medicine 2.0 to Medicine 3.0
With a two-month summer break, I had the chance to close my medical school textbooks and read for leisure. While I initially experienced a Pavlovian… Read More »Building the Bridge from Medicine 2.0 to Medicine 3.0
Across Generation Lines: The Importance of Studying Elderly Populations
“Why would you want to study that?” This is a question I have received when I share that I research the genetics of frailty —… Read More »Across Generation Lines: The Importance of Studying Elderly Populations