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...expectancy shot up in the last century, but mainly because fewer babies died, not because we've found the cure for aging. If rates of obesity keep rising, some experts think we'll soon be dying younger. But if you believe the apostles of what is modestly called "the immortalist movement," it's easy to imagine that our children and grandchildren will routinely live well into a second century - living well being the next great challenge. The Methuselah Foundation has established a $4 million prize for the scientist who develops the longest-living mouse as the first step in clock...
...IMMORTALIST by Alan Harrington. 324 pages. Random House...
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