Salk Lab Explains New Aging Research (VIDEO)

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Salk professor Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte explains how his lab tied the aging process to the deterioration of tightly packaged bundles of cellular DNA. This new work could lead to methods of preventing and treating age-related diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.

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