at the buck institute for aging in california, neuroscientistjennifer garrison studies the connectionand the ovaries. menopause is basically what happens when a woman's ovaries stop working. essentially, it leads to a whole host of really dramatic health consequences. so ovaries are producing notjust eggs for, for making babies, but also a whole host of really important hormones that are absolutely essential for overall health. when those beneficial hormones go away, what happens is a woman's risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, stroke, cognitive decline, all sorts of things — arthritis, depression — all of those risks go way up. if we don't address age at menopause or reproductive span in women, then, essentially, we're going to be making gender inequality worse and not better. and that's because female humans born today can expect to live on average about 100 years. and so what that means in practice is that, soon, women are going to be living more of their lives after menopause than before. well, i can see the problem, but can menopause be delayed? we hope so. there are very few an

at the buck institute for aging in california, neuroscientistjennifer garrison studies the connection brain and the ovaries. menopause is basically what happens when a woman's ovaries stop working. essentially, it leads to a whole host of really dramatic health consequences. so ovaries are producing not just eggs for, for making babies, but also a whole host of really important hormones that are absolutely essential for overall health. when those beneficial hormones go away, what happens is a woman's risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, stroke, cognitive decline, all sorts of things — arthritis, depression — all of those risks go way up. if we don't address age at menopause or reproductive span in women, then, essentially, we're going to be making gender inequality worse and not better. and that's because female humans born today can expect to live on average about 100 years. and so what that means in practice is that, soon, women are going to be living more of their lives after menopause than before. well, i can see the problem, but can menopause be delayed? we hope so. there are ver

whilst bryan signed his life away to experimentation, i visit the buck, the world's first institute for ageinge working on drugs that they hope could delay age—related disease. so, here, i have two of my postdocs, margie and genesis. would you say there has been huge scientific advancement in this field recently, or is there just a sudden trend for investment and interest in it? the science has matured in terms of, you know, we've been doing this for close to 30 years, understanding the basic mechanism of ageing, number one. number two, the societal needs are there. you have a rapidly ageing population with an increasing burden of chronic diseases. this place is huge! this is one of about 20 labs! three, two, one — squeeze. it's notjust drugs and supplements being put through their paces here, though — it's also exercise. one... what kind of exercise, how much, how often? aerobics, anaerobic, lifting weight, yoga, balance, swimming — which one of these interventions actually works the best? but one really important discovery in mice here was the ability to reduce what are called senescent cell