Is There a Rebot?

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Bio engineers dilute blood to or remove molecules that promote aging. According to their studies, it stimulates the kind of healing and rejuvenation more typical in childhood. David san clair at harvard has shown that if ye twek gen expression aging mice, you can at least partly restore vision loss.

Two scientists. A billion-dollar wager. One unanswered question: Is the first human who will live to 150 already alive? The technology to make that happen may already be in development. But if it works, there will be new, unsettling questions for humankind to answer.

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