Researchers quantitatively assessed for the first time that somatic mutations alone cap human lifespan at 146–194 years. Brain and heart cells are the main bottleneck, while the liver could last millennia.
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Researchers quantitatively assessed for the first time that somatic mutations alone cap human lifespan at 146–194 years, with brain and heart cells as the main bottleneck, while the liver could last millennia.
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