The World's Leader in Stem Cell Surgery and Science
PhD
Dr. Bill Andrews is the Founder and CEO of Sierra Sciences, a company focused on finding ways to extend human lifespan and health span. Bill received his Ph.D. in Molecular & Population Genetics in 1981. Bill has determined that the only real definite “hard-stop” to lifespan and health span, that is true for all of us, is “Telomere Shortening”. Aging will never be cured without also solving the telomere shortening problem that all humans have.
Bill played key roles in the discoveries of Human Growth Hormone, Tissue Plasminogen Activator, Osteo-Inductive Factor, Erythropoietin, Beta-Seron, Telomerase, and Imetelstat, to name a few. In 1997 Bill was awarded 2nd Place as National Inventor of the Year for his cancer research. In the early-to-mid 1990s, while at Geron Corporation, Bill led the research to discover both the RNA and protein components of human telomerase, the enzyme responsible for preventing telomeres from shortening in our reproductive cells. Presently, the primary focus of Sierra Sciences is to find ways to produce telomerase and lengthen telomeres in all cells of the human body, not just our reproductive cells, and eliminate this key hard-stop to super-longevity. But Bill is aware that the war against aging is not going to be won with just one battle.
Session 1: Stem Cell Lab