Personal Profile: Interview with Bill Andrews,Ph.D.

Abstract

Editor's note: The interview series in Rejuvenation Research is a unique and, I believe, highly valuable feature of the journal, giving readers insights into the thinking and motivation of some of the most influential movers and shakers in the many disciplines—not only scientific ^{1 –5} but also political, ⁶ sociological, ^7,8 ethical ^9,10 and more—that impinge on the crusade to defeat aging. This issue's interview features one of the world's leading scientists in the manipulation of telomeres and telomerase—a field that continues to be a major theme both within the science of aging and in raising the public profile of antiaging research. Dr. Andrews is a major contributor to the process of communication between the field of biomedical gerontology and the many constituencies that will be affected by progress against aging—a dialogue that, as I ^{11 –19} and others ^{20 –26} have noted recently, is essential if we are to develop effective interventions against aging with all possible speed.