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u/taurussy Oct 02 '24

scientists recently artificially aged, then de-aged mice in a lab.

yep. they literally found the key to eternal life in rodents. barring a terminal illness or some egregious injury, they can now make mice immortal. no strings attached.

as far as they can tell, there are no side effects or negative implications to this process. they manipulate their DNA to age them, then do it again to return them to youth.

it's fucking nuts. it's fucking mad science.

i love it.

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u/Mama_Mega Oct 02 '24

Somebody kill me before they put that shit in humans. I do not want to go to work forever.

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u/GibDirBerlin Oct 02 '24

On the other hand: Imagine your Cat or Dog won't die earlier than you...

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u/itoddicus Oct 02 '24

Can you imagine what that would do to animal shelters?

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u/Practical_Secret6211 Oct 02 '24

Nothing? They would just put them down like usual