Scientists Think This Animal Could Help Humans Live for 200 Years

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• UncleArthur@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The Bowhead whale. Saved you a click.

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  • Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can go one step further. They provided their own handy summary.

    Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

    • The longest-lived mammals on Earth, bowhead whales, contain longevity secrets that scientists hope could be applied to our own biology.
    • A new study analyzes gene repairing proteins and found that bowhead whales contain 100 times the concentration of CIRBP, a protein that repairs genetic damage known as double-strand breaks.
    • They also found that the specimens subjected to colder temperatures tended to produce more of these proteins, a nifty trick for a species that lives in arctic waters.

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• blackbrook@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is Popular Mechanics just general science articles these days? This doesn’t seem related to the works “mechanics”…

  Also WTF is with that image?

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  • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    its like the weekly world news of science.

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