
British scientists believe they may have identified how humans could potentially live forever - and it’s all about flatworms
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The research team studied how the flatworms manage to replace aged or damaged tissues and cells in a bid to understand what drives their longevity.
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Key to a flatworm’s immortality lays in its telomeres – tiny sections of DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes, protecting them from damage and the loss of cell functions linked to ageing.
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“The next goals for us are to understand the mechanisms in more detail and to understand more about how you evolve an immortal animal.”
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/why-flatworms- ... ality.html
Damn it's not their spicy poop that's gonna do it...*
Edit to add
(as long as it's not waterworms)