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Can we cure ageing?

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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Is There a Fundamental Biological Limit to Aging?

The selection on individuals to keep reproducing is the strongest force of natural selection. In some groups, there's quite strong evidence now for grandmother effects. Killer whales particularly benefit from having post-reproductive females around. But by and large, for a lot of animals in the animal kingdom, you're so long dead by the time you experience these age-related diseases.

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