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You are likely to live (and work) a lot longer than you think. Just look at the three women over 60 who won Golden Globe awards and are just hitting their career peaks. Books like the 100-Year Life helped spread the idea of our longer lives - and the number. Now, a world of scientists is racing to radically raise the stakes. Want to live an extra quarter century or two, maybe to 200? Longevity Hackers is a new movie aiming to bring the science to the mainstream audience. If you manage to live to 2045, they claim, you are likely to reach a heretofore unimaginable age. The mice are showing the way.
Harvard Medical School Professor David Sinclair and author of Lifespan has just announced he can make mice get both older and younger by flipping some genes. Reactions to this controversial line of work vary widely making it tough for the layperson to get a grip on the fantastical-sounding predictions.
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