We're proud to have Dr. Gino Cortopassi of UC Davis as a
mentor to some of SRF's Summer Scholars! Dr. Cortopassi has a storied
record in aging science, going back to 1990 when he first used the
then-new technology of PCR to discover that aging cells in humans
accumulated large deletion mutations in their mitochondrial DNA, through
work on the ketogenic diet in aging, right up until today when he
nominated one of the newest successful longevity drugs in the NIA's
Interventions Testing Program. In this interview with Science Writer
Michael Rae, Dr. Cortopassi looks back and forward through his many
contributions to the biology of aging and what we might do about it.