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From microscopic tardigrades to weird-looking axolotls, there are many animals across the natural world that appear to be cheating death.

A problem with the current debates about emerging technologies is that they really are debates—plural. Reasonable policy approaches to embryonic sex selection, for example, or to human reproductive cloning, if it were available, might not generalize to more radical technologies that could revers ...

The average life expectancy in many developed countries is around 80 years old. Some individuals have famously lived for much longer - the oldest person who ever lived was 122 years old!

Parasite infections may prevent aging and disease Written by Minseo Jeong on February 7, 2021 — Fact checked by Alexandra Sanfins, Ph.D. SeventyFour/Getty Images Research has suggested that the absence of parasite infections may be linked to an increased prevalence of inflammatory conditions. According to a new review of existing studies, parasites may have anti-inflammatory properties that may help prevent aging. Controlled restorative therapies can be beneficial for regulating a proper immune response. Through centuries of evolution, the human body and its surrounding environments have a...

 E-Mail Parasitic worms could hold the key to living longer and free of chronic disease, according to a review article published today in the open-access eLife journal. The review looks at the growing evidence to suggest that losing our 'old friend' helminth parasites, which used to live relatively harmlessly in our bodies, can cause ageing-associated inflammation. It raises the possibility that carefully controlled, restorative helminth treatments could prevent ageing and protect against diseases such as heart disease and dementia. "A decline in exposure to commensal microbes and gut helmi...