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I've always wondered: does anyone my age have any chance of living for centuries?

  • Written by Lindsay Wu, NHMRC Senior Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW
imageHow likely is it that someone alive today may live for centuries?Flickr/Santiago Sito, CC BY-SA

This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a new series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au

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