Aging: Nature’s way of reducing competition for resources

Friday, June 12, 2015 - 16:10 in Biology & Nature

Aging may have developed in many species as a genetic mechanism to conserve future resources. If the controversial proposal is true, then scientists may be able to greatly extend life span by deactivating the machinery for aging embedded in our DNA.

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