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To: Candor7
Among the guests was Cynthia Kenyon, a molecular biologist and biogerontologist who had garnered attention for doubling the life span of a roundworm by disabling a single gene

Now there is a gift to the human race; doubling the lifespan of a parasitic worm.

She should get the Nobel Prize.

6 posted on 04/06/2015 4:44:25 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac
Now there is a gift to the human race; doubling the lifespan of a parasitic worm.

Fascinating experiment actually, could have huge repercussions throughout the medical field.

8 posted on 04/06/2015 6:36:21 AM PDT by Paradox (and now here we are....)
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