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Stanford scientists regrow lost cartilage and reverse arthritis in major breakthrough
(www.sciencedaily.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
That is part of it, which is what I alluded to in the degeneration of the dna. The stem cell thing too though. Our bodies aren't programmed to live beyond a certain point. We learned about this in a Nature of Disease course at University.