Lenny Guarente Links Longevity to Genes and Potential New Drug | Earth and Sky Podcast

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genetics aging longevity disease resistance proteins Sir2 sirtuin genes mice medicine
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Lenny Guarente Links Longevity to Genes and Potential New Drug | Earth and Sky Podcast

"If things work the same in people as in mice, and you had a perfect drug, you might imagine that you could extend life span by 20 or 30 years," says MIT biology professor Lenny Guarente. Hear more about genes that might extend the human life span.
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