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The Science Behind Why We Age | Episode 1

Lifespan with Dr. David Sinclair

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Accelerating Aging in a Mouse

Aging in a mouse requires us to be able to measure aging. One of the ways that we can do that is by looking at nouse. Rigt has got more gray hair, its getting confused and it doesn't run on ti little treadmill is long. But there are now other ways that wecan measure aging. The chemical is specifically called dna methylation. It's just a carbon with three hydrogens,. this chemical cells add to the dena as you're developing  to make a brain cell Different than a liver cell, different pattern. Over time, there are changes that are predictable, and they change in a linear fashion. So if i took your skin cell or

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