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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 3 – Mice bred to age too quickly seemed to have sipped from the fountain of youth after scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine injected them with stem cell-like progenitor cells derived from the muscle of young, healthy animals. Instead of becoming infirm and dying…
http://vimeo.com/32160447 The Methuselah Generation is a 3D documentary about the science, philosophy, and implications of the coming age of extremely long-lived humans. It profiles the lives and work of scientists who are attempting to create new technologies that can bring about a new age in humanity, and explores their motivations…
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The number of people living to age 90 and beyond has tripled in the past three decades to almost 2 million and is likely to quadruple by 2050. Read more in the Tuscon Citizen
Dutch researchers has mapped a 115 year old woman’s genome to see if they can unlock the secrets to her long life. The woman referred to only as W115 donated her body to science and was the oldest living person at the time of her death. After her death they…
