Scientists stop the ageing process


	Scientists stop the ageing process

Silkweaver

8-12-2008 8:09 PM

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medicine, aging, molecular biology

Silkweaver says:

Interesting results that may one day become the basis of 'age therapies'.

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8-13-2008 4:09 PM

coolnoj

Such breakthroughs are likely to come thick and fast, unless interfered with. Dying from "old age" will become a thing of the past, for better or worse.

8-15-2008 9:24 PM

darkduskx

This new finding will be pushed fast into the US. Our senior population is growing and so are the medical costs.

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