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Can scientists reverse your age? Download Embed < iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5971828/nx-s1-mx-5971828-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Westend61/Getty Images Reversing aging may sound like science fiction, but scientists have already found a way to do it—at least, theoretically. Based on a 2012 Nobel-prize winning discovery, researchers are testing whether they can revert diseased cells in the eye back to young and healthy ones.
They gave people a drug this year. If it works, it'll open the door to curing and possibly preventing other age-related diseases. And that led producer Berly McCoy to wonder: Could all this research eventually extend our human lifespans?
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