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Longevity
In search of forever
Technology Quarterly -
Slowing, let alone reversing, the process of ageing was once alchemical fantasy. Now it is a subject of serious research and investment, Geoffrey Carr reports
- In search of forever: Slowing human ageing is now the subject of serious research
- Don’t be greedy: Eating fewer calories can ward off ageing
- Out with the old: Ageing bodies need to get rid of decrepit cells
- Of bowheads and borzois: Alternatives to the laboratory mouse
- You can’t have everything: Older genomes have more dodgy genes
- Give us the tools: Fighting ageing requires properly equipped cells
- Blood and guts: What the young can give to the old
- A design for living: Some claim human lifespans can be lengthened indefinitely
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