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According to studies, immortal jellyfish may delay human aging.
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According to studies, immortal jellyfish may delay human aging.

The film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" may be one you've seen. Button had an unusual illness that caused him to mature more slowly. Turritopsis dohrnii, a species of jellyfish, appears to have attained immortality in a related setting. A group of scientists from Spain has been successful in analyzing the DNA of a jellyfish renowned for its ability to survive after dying. On Monday, the report was released in PNAS. Even after sexual reproduction, the tiny sea organism known as the immortal jellyfish has the ability to turn back time and regenerate into a collection of young cells. the 'immortal' jellyfish being specialized again The red jellyfish, Turritopsis rubra, which cannot readily reverse its aging process, was found to be closely linked to the immortal jelly, ac...