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VIDEO: What If Aging Wasn't Inevitable? The Quest To Slow And Even Reverse Aging

Scientists have developed promising clock-turning treatments for mice. Could pills that mimic the benefits of exercise help humans? In this Future You: the effort to stop the symptoms of growing old.
Youth in a pill by 2050?

Scientists are better understanding why we age — and they're also better explaining the cellular changes that lead our bodies and brains

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