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“Cellular senescence is so important when we discuss aging and cancer because as our cells accumulate damage, which naturally happens as we age there are only so many outcomes that we can expect. The first possibility is that the cells can die.”

“The skin cells were reprogrammed to form neural stem cells that deliver common cancer treatments to glioblastomas in mice. Mouse tumors injected directly with the reprogrammed stem cells shrank 20- to 50-fold in 24–28 days compared with nontreated mice. In addition, the survival times of treated rodents nearly doubled.”

“Just a few of the topics covered: Are there simple methods for extending lifespan? What looks most promising? What are the easiest ways to minimize your risk of cancer?”

“Gene editing is different than gene therapy, which involves adding a gene. Instead with gene editing, specific DNA sequences can be cut with “molecular scissors”, introducing mutations that disable a particular gene or replace it with another version. This is the beauty of tools like CRISPR, or in this case, TALEN.”