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Certain experimental gene therapies that can expand lifespan already exist.
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The good news is that rats can be genetically bred to have cells that don't die, making them immune to aging.
The bad news is that the life/death cycle of a cell is to protect the organism from cells living too long, acquiring complications and becoming cancerous.
So the rats were
theoretically immortal, but tragicially all died of cancer of everything.