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Recently, scientists at Stanford University began to wonder why identical lab mice, bred with the same DNA and brought up in identical conditions, wound up so different in their old age.

Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. The scientists’ attempts to untangle what was going on inside these mice is redefining ...