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Fat-tailed dwarf lemurs can reverse ageing during hibernation
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Scientists create cells to guide stem cell growth for organ development
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Genes vs. diet: what really drives longevity?
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Chocolate - an innocent pleasure
Dark chocolate that retains flavonoids during manufacture could be good for your heart and mental health
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Rebecca Smith-Bindman
Professor of epidemiology & biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Elizabeth Blackburn
Australian-American Nobel laureate, former President of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Author
Bruce Conklin
Bruce Conklin is senior investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology
Allan Basbaum
Professor and chair of the Department of Anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco
Peter Walter
Professor at UCSF, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Director of Bay Area Institute of Science, Altos Labs
Katherine Scangos
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Co-Director TMS & Neuromodulation Program University of California, San Francisco
Joel Kramer
Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurology and the Director of the Memory and Aging Center Neuropsychology at UCSF.
