by Kevin T McEneaney
There is a new science about aging.
The name of the three-hundred-page-plus book
is Ageless, a volume that speculates
on improving body telomeres and
mitochondrial quality control.
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It says that adding antioxidants
or improving mitophagy is much like
giving oil to a broken machine.
The audience for this odd fantasy
of achieving near immortality,
or living until at least one hundred,
appears to be readers in their sixties,
giving them the hope of a longer life.
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Reading will never make you immortal….