Can This DNA Hack Help You Stay Young Forever?
Getting old is inevitable but can the key to staying young be in your DNA?
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Heterochromatin and Werner Syndrome
http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_....releases/2015-04/si-
"In the study, scientists at the Salk Institute and the Chinese Academy of Science found that the genetic mutations underlying Werner syndrome, a disorder that leads to premature aging and death, resulted in the deterioration of bundles of DNA known as heterochromatin."
Human body replacing cells
http://www.livescience.com/331....79-does-human-body-r
"It is true that individual cells have a finite life span, and when they die off they are replaced with new cells."
50 million cells will die while you read this sentence
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.u....k/WhoAmI/FindOutMore
"Your body is constantly replacing old cells with new ones at the rate of millions per second. By the time you finish reading this sentence, 50 million of your cells will have died."
DNA in cells is the same, just expressed differently
http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask398
"It is easy to see that the cells in our heart, for instance, work very differently from the cells in our eyes. The same is true for our skin and our liver cells. Or our brain and muscle cells. Or any of the other 300 or so different cell types."
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