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" If we could take one of my skin cells and turn it into an embryo-like cell and turn it back into a skin cell, it has reset almost all of the developmental indications of age. "

George M. Church

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George M. Church

Aging

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" I'm pathologically calm. "

George M. Church

Calm

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