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Did you know that our bodies are programmed to live to about 120 years of age? In reality, however, most life spans are roughly around 80 years. Successful aging is defined as “changes due solely to the aging process, uncomplicated by damage from environment, lifestyle, or disease” — meaning that our ability to live longer can be disrupted by severe illness, severe trauma, and abnormal aging. There is increasing evidence, however, that regenerative properties of stem cells ca

Realization of a dream gives Star Wars fan with brain cancer a companion through her illness, commemorates her life through helping others A long time ago in a hospital far, far away, 6-year-old Katie Johnson was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. Always eager to get dirty, climb things, scrape her knees, and just run and play, Katie had just finished soccer season when her parents noticed that she was falling down a lot. They chalked it up to clumsiness on the field, bu