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Unlocking The Fountain
What if there were a pill that could add decades to your life? Would you take it? For thousands of years, people have searched for elixirs that could delay death and extend human life. Could...
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19 episodesEpisode 7: Dog Years
The animal world is full of age-related curiosities. Tiny aquatic creatures called hydras don’t age at all, while small dogs live twice as l...
Episode 6: How to Live Longer
Making the right choices around what we eat, how much we exercise and how we manage our stress can add a decade or more to our lives. In thi...
Episode 5: Expiration Date
Keith and Laura get tested to find out if they’re genetically predisposed for longevity. Another test promises to reveal their biological ag...
Episode 4: Fountain in a Pill
Scientists have identified several drugs that appear to slow aging. Some are already widely used in humans to treat other diseases. But how...
Episode 3: The 11-Year-Old Scientist
Why do we age, and how can we reverse it? We meet a researcher whose discoveries overturned everything we thought we knew about aging. We le...
Episode 2: Phony Fountains
Today’s aging science is built on shaky foundations, from Ponce de Leon’s legendary quest for the fountain of youth, to surgeons who transpl...
Episode 1: 150 Candles
Are we on the verge of medical breakthroughs that will extend healthy human life by decades? Some scientists say the first human to reach 15...
Unlocking the Fountain - Trailer
If there were a pill that could add decades to your life, would you take it? Unlocking the Fountain is a podcast about the mysteries of agin...
Unlocking Bryson's Brain: Update
Bryson's family struggles with the trials of pandemic life. A death in the community underscores the need for a cure — and promising new res...
Unlocking Bryson's Brain, Episode 8: Two Futures
After months of waiting, the “Bryson mouse” is finally ready for lab tests that will provide new insights into treatments and cures. And Bry...
Unlocking Bryson's Brain, Episode 7: Pilgrimage to Boston
Bryson’s parents travel to Boston/Cambridge, the global capital for rare disease research. Their goal: to ask private biotech companies to h...
Unlocking Bryson's Brain, Episode 6: The Ethics of Cure
Finding a cure for Bryson no longer seems impossible. And that raises new questions about the ethics of this journey. Bryson’s family seeks...
Unlocking Bryson's Brain, Episode 5: Making a Mouse
Scientists in Toronto get to work building a mouse with Bryson’s precise genetic variant. Plus, the family travels to Atlanta to provide blo...
Unlocking Bryson's Brain, Episode 4: A New Hope
Bryson’s family travels to meet other GRIN1 patients, including Bryson’s GRIN-twin Olivia. And research on mice offers new hope for finding...
Unlocking Bryson's Brain, Episode 3: The CRISPR Revolution
Bryson’s parents explore CRISPR, a new technology with the potential to cure dozens of diseases once thought incurable. But gene editing com...
Unlocking Bryson's Brain, Episode 2: Getting a Diagnosis
From violent seizure-like episodes to insensitive comments from strangers, Bryson has a hard life. But after years of searching, doctors fin...
Unlocking Bryson's Brain, Episode 1: The Mystery Disease
Bryson seems like a perfectly healthy baby. But soon doctors confirm his parents’ worst fears: something is wrong with Bryson’s brain. Despi...
Unlocking Bryson's Brain - Trailer
Bryson is a beautiful, happy boy. But a mysterious illness means he can’t walk, talk, or feed himself. Scientists working at the cutting edg...
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