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Dr. Eric Topol

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
722 total appearances

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Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

Now, second bucket is the, what you were getting at is the longevity marketing.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

All these companies are

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

There's clinics that charge up to $250,000 and you can get plasmapheresis and hyperbaric oxygen chambers and stem cells, all these unproven things.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

No less, all these anti-aging supplements that have absolutely no data

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

to make these claims.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And so there's companies that are doing every test under the sun, total body, MRI.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And so this is yet another category which is fueling the interest.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And then finally, there's actually real stuff that we can do now

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

that we should be doing.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And especially, you know, when we were talking about, you know, this make America healthy again, or whatever you want to call Maha, we could do this.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

We have the tools to do this now, but we're not doing it.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

So that's what I think is the real opportunity for today.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

Yeah, this is of course what we're after.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And, uh,

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

Longevity, if you have dementia or other horribly debilitating diseases, no one really wants that.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

But the whole idea is how can we extend healthspan where you're free of these age-related diseases.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

You actually have a very high quality of life.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And to be at 85 plus and not have any cancer

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

not have any neurodegenerative disease, and have no heart disease.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

That's really the goal we can achieve now.