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Elderly and wrinkled, ten days. dead at two weeks. but at her lab at the university of california, dr. cynthia kenyan has found the little roundworm may hold the key to an ancient quest. >> if you look at nature you see different kinds of animals can have really different life spans. >> reporter: a coi fish can live to be 250. a lot of turtles are still teenagers at 80. in fact, dr. kenyan pinpointed combination of rare genes that seem to counter effects of aging. significantly, the unusual humans who live to 100 and beyond are more likely than the rest of us to carry the genes. under normal c...
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