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The Code That Rewrites Cells

How AI Just Solved the Hardest Problem in Longevity

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Ken Rutkowski
Jan 06, 2026
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Shinya Yamanaka looked through his microscope in 2006 and saw something that violated the fundamental rules of biology. He had taken a mature, specialized skin cell with a fixed identity and a defined expiration date and turned it back into a stem cell. It was the biological equivalent of unbaking a cake. The implications were immediate and staggering. …

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