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Forever Young

From maverick self-experimenters to scientists in Silicon Valley and beyond, meet the people trying to add years to our lives.

In 2015 Liz Parrish performed a risky experiment - on herself. She took a gene therapy entirely untested on humans in the hope of “curing” what she says is a disease: ageing. Her gamble was criticised by some in the scientific community, but she is not the only one that thinks scientific advances will help humans live longer healthier lives.

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