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We often hear talk of slowing down our epigenetic, (or aging) clock… but what exactly does that entail? And how can we go about executing this feat? A paper published in 2017 by Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), lays a foundation to “understand the epigenetic contribution to healthy aging and longevity and the molecular basis of the DNA methylation clock.”