[applause] I'm here to tell you that I think most of you will fail to extend your health spans. And that's because the aging models you're using to guide healthspan intervention choices do not account for one of the biggest root cause drivers of human aging. the viral, bacterial, parasite, and other pathogens that can infect and persist in your tissues across the course of your life.All of us, often starting in the womb, acquired from our mothers, and then via close contact, ingested foods and other exposur ...

[Music] I would like you to picture a virus. What do you see. Perhaps you see a single viral particle infecting a cell.If you do, then you're not alone. The textbook image of a virus as a particle is taught in schools and in universities. that underpin scientific efforts to understand viruses as well as medical efforts to treat them.But today, I would like us to begin to paint a new picture of what a virus looks like. And the first change to this textbook image is that no virus is ever really alone. Because ...