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Dr. Fossel has an MD and a PhD in neurobiology from Stanford University where he taught neurobiology and research methods. A clinical professor of medicine, he is considered to be the world foremost expert on telomeres, aging, and age-related disease. He gave the first talk at the NIH on reversal of human aging, published the first articles on the potential of telomeres as a clinical intervention, and authored the first and only medical textbook in this field. He was editor-in-chief of Rejuvenation Research and the director of the American Aging Association, and as well as the current Editor-in-Chief OBM Geriatrics. He has authored more than 100 books, chapters, and articles, including The Telomerase Revolution, which the Wall Street Journal praised as one of the best science books of the year. He is the president of Telocyte, a biotech firm taking telomere therapy to FDA human trials. He has fulfilled numerous invitations to chair academic conferences and give opening keynotes. |
