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Roundtables: Longevity’s Next Frontier: “Reprogramming” Your Body

TechnologyJune 30, 2026
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Roundtables: Longevity’s Next Frontier: “Reprogramming” Your Body
Listen to the session or watch below Billions of dollars are flooding into efforts to reverse aging as scientists explore ways to return cells to a younger state. But how far off are these experimenta
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Billions of dollars are flooding into efforts to reverse aging as scientists explore ways to return cells to a younger state. But how far off are these experimental treatments? Will they really work? Watch a conversation exploring longevity's new focus.

Speakers: Mary Beth Griggs, science editor and Jessica Hamzelou, senior biotechnology reporter

The country wants to become a global leader in brain implants. Strong government support is expected to help accelerate that process.

Researchers are decoding how signals move between body and brain, with implications for how we understand and treat conditions from obesity to anxiety.

In an early step towards artificial wombs, a biotech company claims it’s developed a “fully artificial” chicken egg.

The next step in the youth quest is a technology called chemical reprogramming. 

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