In the News
Learn more about Scripps Genomic Medicine’s “Wellderly Study” through the news coverage below.
Articles
- Read Clean genes in the June 25, 2009 North County Times.
- Read Secrets of the ‘Wellderly’ from the September 19, 2008 Wall Street Journal.
- Read an August, 2008 Nature article about the Wellderly study (PDF, 300.1 KB).
- Read the original November, 2007 press release announcing the study.
Radio
From March 2009: Eric Topol, M.D., and Sarah Topol, R.N., speak at length on KPBS-FM’s These Days program about the wellderly study. They talk about some of the interesting healthy elderly people they’ve met, and what might be key to a long, healthy life.
Wellderly - KPBS segment with Eric and Sarah Topol
Listen to a September 26, 2008 KPBS radio interview with Eric J. Topol, M.D., director of Scripps Genomic Medicine and principal investigator of the Wellderly study. Dr. Topol discusses the study, the concentration of healthy elderly in San Diego and the “disease-centric” nature of medicine that he’d like to turn around.
Wellderly - KPBS Topol Interview
Video
Watch news coverage of a September, 2008 Wellderly social. The clip includes comments from study participants and the study’s principal investigator, Dr. Eric J. Topol. Dr. Topol underscores the study’s unique focus on determining the genes responsible for good health.