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Scientists Have Revealed the Secret of the World's Longest-Living Mammals.
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They can live up to 200 years.
By analyzing bowhead whale cells, biologists have discovered that they have up to 100 times higher rates of CIRBP protein, a repair protein of DNA that activates with cold. This protein seems to protect them from mutations responsible for cancer and other age-related diseases, and could explain their exceptional longevity. The first cell tests have shown that it improves the repair of DNA from human cells, offering a research trail to promote ag…
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