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Extending the human life span.
The Journal of medicine and philosophy - 1 Jun 2002
Glannon Walter
Abstract excerpt
Research into the mechanisms of aging has suggested the possibility of extending the human life span. But there may be evolutionary biological reasons for senescence and the limits of the cell cycle that explain the infirmities of aging and the eventual demise of all human organisms. Genetic manipulation of the mechanisms of aging could over many generations alter the course of natural selection and shift the...
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