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Want to live forever? A 90-year-old physics rock star is betting his remaining years on it.

Want to live forever? A 90-year-old physics rock star is betting his remaining years on it.

Ellsworth Toohey
Jul 21, 2025
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Ninety-year-old University of Washington emeritus physics professor John G. Cramer has volunteered to join a pioneering effort to surpass the 122-year human longevity limit by undergoing bioreactor-grown mitochondrial transplantation. The work is overseen by physicians and scientists from Stanford, UCLA, Northwell Health NY, and Mitrix Bi…

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