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Can We Live Forever?

See artificial organs, suspended animation, genes that impact aging, and lifelike avatars.

01/26/2011 | Rating NR

Can We Live Forever?

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Can We Live Forever?

Clip: Season 5 Episode 2 | 52m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

See artificial organs, suspended animation, genes that impact aging, and lifelike avatars.

See artificial organs, suspended animation, genes that impact aging, and lifelike avatars.

01/26/2011 | Rating NR

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Preview: S5 Ep2 | 31s | Premiering January 26, 2011 on PBS (31s)

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