US Edition200-Year-Old Whale Would Reveal How to Lengthen Human Life
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World, Nov 2, 2025 (ATB Digital) .- Boreal whales could hide a biological key against aging and it is thanks to its incredible DNA repair mechanism, which keeps diseases like cancer at bay. The boreal whale is one of the largest and longest mammals in the world, with a life expectancy that could exceed even 200 years, why? An international scientific team points out that this remarkable longevity could be due to a greater ability to repair mutat…
The boreal whale is one of the largest and longest mammals in the world, with a life expectancy that could exceed even 200 years, why? An international scientific team points out that this remarkable longevity could be due to a greater capacity to repair mutations in DNA. Specifically, the work suggests that a longevity response is found in a protein called CIRBP. It plays a key role in repairing double-chain breaks in DNA, a type of genetic dam…
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