Jellyfish could hold secret to eternal life

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A jellyfish

Humans could become immortal after a breakthrough in jellyfish science, said the Daily Star. A group of scientists from a university in Spain have been studying the Immortal Jellyfish, more precisely known as the Turritopsis Dohrnii, which has the ability to switch from adult life back to larval stages at will. They have successfully identified the DNA part that allows it to age backwards, and found part of it to be similar to human DNA. The knowledge could one day be used to reverse ageing in humans, the paper claimed.

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