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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Robert S. Boyd / The Bulletin
November 17, 2008
WASHINGTON — Growing old isn’t for sissies, the saying goes. The passage of years usually brings physical frailty, failing memory, cancer and other diseases.
As more people live longer, scientists are stepping up their efforts to understand the biological process of aging.....