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I remembered from school that the cell division limit is about 50 and evidence ( read: Wikipedia ) suggests that as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayflick
by zxyzzxxx 11y ago
I remembered from school that the cell division limit is about 50 and evidence ( read: Wikipedia ) suggests that as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayflick_limit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayflick_limit
A tenth of a light-year is still impressive.
Even more interesting is the fact that the single cell organisms living in a human body, outnumber human cells by a factor of 10.
- astrodust 11y agoThere are exceptions, like immortal cells. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks#Legacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks#Legacy