Tom Kirkwood
Tom Kirkwood is professor of medicine and head of the Department of Gerontology at the University of Newcastle.
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Three score and ten: How long will I live?
Comment posted by zz911452
16 Apr 2012
Since cells automatically renew, what causes the sudden change from renewal to cell degeneration? Humans should technically live forever so why does this change over happen? Cheers Luke Site: http://... Read more : Three score and ten: How long will I live?