The HumanWare Project

What if the brown, caramelised crust on your morning toast contained 50 new compounds that are literally accelerating your ageing? Dr. Pankaj Kapahi, a leading ageing researcher at the Buck Institute, has spent decades uncovering how seemingly innocent foods might be shortening our lives. In this eye-opening conversation with Méline, Dr. Kapahi reveals the shocking truth about advanced glycation e...

Step inside the laboratory where the future of human longevity is being written. In this exclusive behind-the-scenes tour, Méline visits Generation Lab with co-founder Alina Rui Su a Harvard-trained scientist and Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur, alongside pioneering researchers Dr. Irina and Dr. Michael Conboy. From million-dollar flow cytometry machines that analyse ageing at the single-cell leve...

For over a century, medicine has treated the female body as a mystery – one that Dr. Jennifer Garrison is finally solving. As a pioneering neuroscientist studying brain-body communication, she's uncovered a startling truth: if we could understand female ageing, we could solve all of human ageing. In this eye-opening conversation with Méline, Dr. Garrison reveals how ovaries age up to 2.5 time...

Deep inside your brain's memory centre, something extraordinary is happening that scientists are only just beginning to understand. Dr. Ashley Webb – a leading neuroscientist at the Buck Institute and scientific co-founder of Bolden Therapeutics – has uncovered a shocking discovery about how male and female brains age in fundamentally different ways. In this fascinating conversation with Méli...

The quest to reverse ageing led Dr. Irina Conboy to a startling discovery: after connecting young and old mice together in a groundbreaking experiment, she found that, not only did the old mice become younger, but the young mice prematurely aged. This revelation sparked a revolutionary insight: ageing isn't about lacking something that young blood provides, but rather accumulating too much of...

Standing at a career crossroads, Ben Woodington faced a pivotal decision: pursue AI applications in healthcare, or dive into the then-nascent field of neurotechnology. His choice to develop tiny electronic implants for the human brain was driven by a profound question: which technologies would transform healthcare most dramatically over the next two decades? In this eye-opening conversation with M...

What if preventative health isn't something that happens after work, but flows through your entire day? For Bulëza Koci, this approach is transforming how leaders optimise their performance. In this conversation with Méline, Bulëza reveals how her experience in integrated cancer therapies sparked her mission to help high-performers through data-driven, personalised strategies. As founder of t...

There’s a revolution quietly reshaping healthcare and it’s happening inside the brain. In this inspiring conversation, Joao Barbosa Da Silva from re. Mind Venture Capital shares his vision for the future of mental and brain health: a future where technology not only heals but helps humanity flourish. Joao reveals: Why brain health and mental wellness are becoming the foundation of the next wave of...

What if we could predict diseases before they happen? For Maria Dunford, this isn't science fiction – it's the mission driving her pioneering company LifeBit. In this captivating conversation with Méline, Maria built the world's largest provider of clinical and DNA data, accessing 270 million patients worldwide. Sparked by her grandfather's cancer diagnosis, she's revoluti...

"There are two important days in your life – the day you were born and the day that you found out why." What drives some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs? For Peter Diamandis – the celebrated founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University and Fountain Life – it's discovering your "Massive Transformative Purpose" (MTP). In this thought-provoking conversation wit...

What if everything you've been told about healthcare is fundamentally incomplete? While conventional medicine excels at treating disease, in this episode Dr. E reveals why it's shockingly ill-equipped to help you truly thrive. "Industrialised healthcare is like Ford industrialised the manufacturing of cars," he explains. "We have a heart doctor, but you can't speak to...

"It might sound corny, but I think this technology will change the world. Imagine how much of our life is dictated by how our brain works and how we've been conditioned by the past. This will help us break free." – James Croall What happens when a successful Silicon Valley cybersecurity expert keeps falling asleep in executive meetings and struggles to focus? For James Croall, this...

"I've seen people that train twice a day because they believed that was the right thing to do. Yet they were able to achieve better results by actually doing less." - Aaron Deere The fitness industry thrives on extremes - train harder, eat cleaner, track everything. But what if the secret to optimal health isn't found in pushing limits but in precision? In this episode of The H...

"The ageing phenomenon itself is a kind of inflammatory syndrome... so much cutting-edge research is trying to minimise the impact of that inflammatory change." – Professor Bouloux What if understanding your brain's electrical activity could unlock the secrets to how you age? In our latest episode, Méline explores the frontier of brain health with Professor Bouloux, senior physician...

"Whilst chronological age is fixed, biological age can be changed and adapted. Knowledge is power." – Dr. Clare Nieland What if we could fundamentally transform our approach to ageing, moving from treating illness to preventing it entirely? In this eye-opening episode of The HumanWare Project, Méline sits down with Dr. Clare Nieland, a pioneering longevity physician who splits her time b...

What if you could predict health problems before they happen? In this eye-opening episode of The HumanWare Project, Méline Liu takes us inside HOOKE – one of London's premier longevity clinics where the focus isn't just on extending life, but optimising it. Join Méline as she undergoes a series of cutting-edge assessments that go far beyond standard check-ups:         - A brain scan that...

What drives someone to transition from revolutionising virtual reality to tackling human ageing? For Michael Antonov, co-founder of Oculus and now CEO of Deep Origin, it's the pursuit of groundbreaking technologies that enhance human potential. In this captivating conversation with Méline, Michael reveals how a 19-year-old's DIY virtual reality headset grew into Oculus, a company that Fa...

What happens inside a Traditional Chinese Medicine clinic? In this immersive episode, Méline Liu steps beyond theory into practice, experiencing firsthand the transformative power of Dr. Zhang’s healing techniques. Through slow, deliberate treatments, Dr. Zhang demonstrates how muscle tension, energy blockages, and even emotional stress manifest in the body. By tracing muscle lines, analysing the...

What drives a renowned practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine to dedicate his life to a 5,000-year-old healing tradition? For Dr. Zhang, it began with a deeply personal mission - finding alternative treatments for his mother when conventional medicine fell short. In this captivating conversation with Méline, Dr. Zhang reveals how TCM views the human body not just as organs, but as an intrica...

What if you could compress 20 years of meditation practice into just seven days? In Sedona, Arizona - where ancient wisdom meets cutting-edge neuroscience - our host Méline embarks on an extraordinary journey to explore exactly that. In this special documentary episode, Méline tests four radically different approaches to altering consciousness. Her quest begins at dawn on Bell Rock, one of Sedona&...

What drives a brilliant young scientist to drop out of Harvard Medical School and bet everything on a moonshot mission to reverse human ageing? For Alina Su, it was deeply personal - the loss of her grandfather before she was born sparked a lifelong quest to give people more time with their loved ones. In this captivating conversation with Méline, Alina reveals how she went from bringing coffee to...

What if we could transform how we treat women's health issues, from accepting pain and mood swings as 'normal' to addressing them at their neural source? This is a question that challenges decades of medical practice. While most treatments rely on hormones and painkillers with concerning side effects, few have explored the root cause: our brain's response to hormonal changes. I...

What if the secret to a longer, healthier life lies not in complex medical treatments or expensive supplements, but in something as simple as how you care for your mouth? While most of us think of dental health as just about having a bright smile, pioneering dentist Dr. Sameer Patel reveals it's actually a window into our overall wellness and longevity. Dr. Patel, one of London's leading...

What if we could prevent diseases before they manifest, extend our healthspan into our 90s, and transform healthcare from treating illness to optimising wellness? This isn’t science fiction – it’s the vision of Dr Lee Hood, the pioneering scientist who helped map the first human genome and is now leading the charge toward a healthcare revolution. Dr Hood, co-founder of 17 biotech companies includi...