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Scientists Discover “Mortality Timer” Inside Our Cells (scitechdaily.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

another one :khaled:

seems kinda plausible, but yeast is only superficially close to humans, being single celled, rapidly dividing and stuff

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was single celled at one point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And that single cell was as silly as yeast, no differentiation, no friends nearby to speak to, to tell you to divide or not. yeast also divides asymmetrically to age

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I like to imagine all the other sperms, shouting encouragement at the very least.