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Is longevity science overhyped? | Professor Charles Brenner, PhD

The Proof with Simon Hill

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The Genetics of Mice

Mice have essentially the same body plan as humans. Mice only lived two or three years, so they're not very good agers. So that's true. Would it not be the case then or possibility that humans could have certain genes that if mutated or edited could somehow increase our lifespan? No, you're about to hear something really, really bad about these mice.

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