Life Extension May Add Just Bad Time

60-Second Health

Jan 20, 20152:22Religion & Spirituality

Strains of the lab workhorse roundworm C. elegans that lived longer added more time being frail and had the same portion of their lives being healthy as normal worms. The work has implications for life-extension ideas su...

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