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Cells accumulate damage in their DNA.
Eventually become senescent – i.e. they stop dividing – and are characterized by protein p16.
Team developed a way of singling out and removing those cells – increased lifespan of mice by a quarter.
Possibly “one of the more important aging discoveries ever.”
Have made an old organism physiologically younger – treatment instead of prevention.
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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Professor of Pediatrics at The Mayo Clinic.
Non-profit American academic medical center focused on health care, education, and research
