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Why We Grow Old and Die?

Scientifically speaking, we grow old and die because our body has consumed its telomeres. Researchers observed, that in most types of cells, the telomeres became shorter after each successive division. Thus, after 50 or so divisions, the cell’s telomeres were whittled down to tiny nubs, and the cell stopped dividing and eventually died. The observation [...]

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