291 | Venki Ramakrishnan on the Biology of Death and Aging

4339.663 - 4372.143 Venki Ramakrishnan

But of the ones that actually made it into adult animals, a number of them had normal lifespan and apparently normal health. So at least in those cases, and of course there was ruthless selection involved because as I said, most of these embryos failed to take. But nevertheless, it is possible, at least in theory, to reset the aging clock, just as we naturally do every generation.