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Quest to cure ageing like a disease

05-Feb-2018

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Discoveries suggest biological ageing may be entirely preventable and treatable.

Stem cell therapy provides tissue with replacements for cells that die during ageing.

New approaches may give patients an extra 30 years or so of life.

By then De Grey hopes the therapies could be reapplied as version 2.0.

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Aubrey de Grey

President and Chief Science Officer at Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation

Cynthia Kenyon

Calico’s vice president of aging research.

SENS Research Foundation

Non-profit organization focused on transforming the way the world researches and treats age-related diseases

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