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Calico Argumentative Essay

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Life is something precious and very fragile. Everyone would like to have the gift to be immortal. For the optimistic, there is actually a company called Calico that is focusing on the challenge to fight death. Do you really think being immortal is something good? I don’t think it will be good for the human race if everyone was immortal. The following essay will describe the concept of immortality, the Calico project and my position on the subjet.

To begin immortality is the ability to live forever or eternal life. There are some animals that have the ability to survive for several centuries. Some scientists study this concept to try to find a way to fight death like Calico. Calico is a biotechnology company founded September 18, 2013 by

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