Dr. Bill Andrews, Ph.D. explains Telomeres, Telomerase and Gene Therapy on CNN Turkey
Dr. Bill Andrews is the President and CEO of Sierra Sciences, Defytime's R&D exclusive partner. As a scientist, athlete and executive, he continually pushes the envelope and challenges convention. He has been featured in Popular Science, The Today Show and numerous documentaries on the topic of life extension including, most recently, the movie The Immortalists in which he co-stars with Aubrey de Grey.
Since 1981, Bill Andrews has focused on finding ways to extend the human lifespan and healthspan through telomere maintenance. As one of the principal discoverers of both the RNA and protein components of human telomerase, Dr. Andrews was awarded "National Inventor of the Year" in 1997. He earned his Ph.D. in Molecular and Population Genetics at the University of Georgia in 1981. He has served as Senior Scientist at Armos Corporation and Codon Corporation, Director of Molecular Biology at Berlex Biosciences and at Geron Corporation, and Director of Technology Development at EOS Biosciences. He is also a named inventor on over 50+ US issued patents on telomerase and author of numerous scientific research studies published in peer reviewed scientific journals.
Bill is also an avid ultra-marathon runner. Born December 10, 1951, he regularly competes in 100k and 100+ mile runs often finishing at the top of his age group. These grueling races have taken him all over the world to race in some of the most extreme environments, from Death Valley to the Himalayas. His running is presently featured in the movie The High.
Today Dr. Bill has been interviewed on CNN, after participating as a Keynote Speaker to the 21st world congress of Aesthetic Medicine, held in Istanbul on October 27-29.
More information about the congress can be found here: http://www.wcam2017.com/
The full interview on CNN Turk is available at the following link: https://www.cnnturk.com/video/tv-cnn-turk/programlar/gundem-ozel/telomer-tedavisinin-oncusu-dr-bill-h-andrews-gundem-ozele-konustu
