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Study: Removing Aging Cells In Mice Can Improve Lifespan, Health

A new study published this week in the field of senolytics might provide a key to anti-aging. Scientists have found that in using compounds to kill off so-called senescent, or aging, cells, the lifespan and agility of mice increased.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Sharon Begley ( @sxbegle), senior science writer at the health and medicine publication STAT.

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