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Start the Week: 27/06/2011

27/06/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, 27/06/2011

Andrew Marr and Raymond Tallis, Aubrey de Grey and Barbara Sahakian.

Andrew Marr is joined by clinical scientists Raymond Tallis and Barbara Sahakian, and gerontologist Aubrey de Grey.

Andrew Marr explores the limits of science and art in this week's Start the Week. The philosopher and neuroscientist Raymond Tallis mounts an all-out assault on those who see neuroscience and evolutionary theory as holding the key to understanding human consciousness and society. While fellow scientist Barbara Sahakian explores the ethical dilemmas which arise when new drugs developed to treat certain conditions are used to enhance performance in the general population. And the gerontologist Aubrey de Grey looks to the future when regenerative medicine prevents the process of aging.
Producer: Katy Hickman.

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