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    HOW LONG SHOULD WE EXTEND HUMAN LIFE?

    Jul 21, 2021 2 minutes

    n 2020, US and Chinese scientists found a way to enable worms to live five times longer than normal by manipulating their genes. Worms are often used in ageing research since we’ve inherited some of the same genetic circuitry during evolution. It’s suggested that targeting some of these conserved genes using drugs could

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