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Briefing Chat: Is DNA repair the secret to a long life? Whales and mole-rats offer tantalizing hints
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Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 can reawaken dormant viruses.
00:25 Could reawakened viruses have a link to long-COVID?
Nature: COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you
05:57 DNA damage can cause ageing, could boosting repair boost longevity?
Nature: Could mending damaged DNA prolong life?
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