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Why Do We Get Old, and Can Aging Be Reversed?

The Joy of Why

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The Transgenic Mouse and Its Effects on Aging

The transgenic mouse we made carried a piece of dione that had a foreign protein made when cells become sinescent. If you feed a drug, which is also very benign, that drug and the presence of that foreign gene will cause senescent cells to die. It's too late for any adult to get their transgens, but if you have an unborn baby, it may be possible.

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