ABSTRACT

Seth L. Harrison, MD, is a founding partner of Harrison Atelier, a multidisciplinary design firm, and the founder and managing partner of Apple Tree Partners, a life-sciences investment firm. Dr. Harrison has over twenty years of experience in developing biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies, often from start-up, many of which focus on age-related diseases. It was in the process of working on one such company, beginning in 1995, that Dr. Harrison met Dr. Finch. The two developed what has become a long-standing dialogue on medicine and aging that focuses on the social and cultural implications of extended longevity.