Biogerontologists at Sierra Sciences are working to lengthen telomeres, the "caps" at the end of each strand of DNA, which get shorter every time a cell divides itself. After a well past middle age, the cells become inactive, as the telomeres get very short.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2021/oct/10/the-science-of-growing-old-and-older-2368923.html
https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2021/oct/10/the-science-of-growing-old-and-older-2368923.html
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