Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
We grow old, then we die. Yet the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii can go back to a juvenile stage and start over. A clam named Ming lived for 507 years. So aging is not a universal rule. It is a process that some species get around.
By studying these exceptions, researchers are not chasing science-fiction immortality. They are after the tricks life uses to repair its cells better.
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- 2Why our cells wear out
- 3The champions that dodge death
- 4What medicine takes from this
- 5Immortal, but not invincible
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary8 terms explained in a tap.
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