No scientific intervention can completely prevent time from passing and people from growing older., No scientific intervention can completely halt the march of time., Many older adults are repeatedly troubled by chronic pain and mobility problems., Many older adults are plagued by chronic pain and mobility problems., One participant lived considerably longer than everyone else in the study., The participant who lived considerably longer than everyone else was an outlier in the study., His condition caused such severe weakness that he could no longer live independently., He had such a debilitating condition that he could no longer live independently., She reached the age of 100 last month., She became a centenarian last month., Genetic differences may explain a considerable proportion of the variation in human lifespan., The heritability of human lifespan may be considerable., The latest findings have completely challenged our previous understanding of genetics and longevity., The latest findings have turned our previous understanding of genetics and longevity on its head., The three evolutionary theories are all essentially connected with reproduction and survival., The three evolutionary theories boil down to reproduction and survival., Older adults may experience two problems simultaneously: accumulating damage and declining repair mechanisms., Older adults may face a double whammy of accumulating damage and declining repair mechanisms., Cellular damage is one of the main characteristics of ageing., Cellular damage is one of the main hallmarks of ageing., Her cognitive abilities were equal to those of people several decades younger., Her cognitive abilities were on a par with those of people several decades younger., Disease brought his promising career to an early end., Disease cut his promising career short., Researchers are attempting to understand the complicated mechanisms behind ageing., Researchers are attempting to unpick the complicated mechanisms behind ageing., Scientists once explained longevity as the result of a healthy lifestyle., Scientists once put longevity down to a healthy lifestyle.

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