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Can reprogramming our genes make us young again? A breakthrough in longevity research may be nearing its first human trials.

"$8 million for making mice transgender—this is real." Indeed, spending $8 million to make mice transgender would be an appalling waste of tax money, if it were real. Thankfully, it isn't.