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U.S. life expectancy fell by 2 yrs in 2020, sharpest drop among high-income peers

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#1 Pehal News - Mystery of why humans die around 80 may finally be solved

The thriller of why humans die at around 80, whereas different mammals dwell far shorter or longer lives, may finally have been solved by scientists.

Humans and animals die after amassing an analogous quantity of genetic mutations, researchers have discovered, suggesting the velocity of DNA errors is vital in figuring out the lifespan of a species.

There are enormous variations within the lifespan of mammals within the animal kingdom, from South Asian rats, which dwell for simply six months, to bowhead whales, which might survive for 200 years.

Previously. specialists have prompt that measurement is the important thing to longevity, with smaller animals burning up power extra rapidly, requiring a quicker cell turnover, which causes a speedier decline.

But a brand new examine from the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge suggests the velocity of genetic injury may be the important thing to survival, with long-living animals efficiently slowing down their charge of DNA mutations regardless of their measurement.

It helps clarify how a five-inch lengthy bare mole rat can dwell for 25 years, about the identical as a far bigger giraffe, which generally lives for twenty-four.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-14 05:22|| 2022-04-14 05:22|| Front Page Top

#2 long-living animals efficiently slowing down their charge

I don't want to end up a tortoise.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-14 08:25|| 2022-04-14 08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Telomeres be fraying. Just like the cuffs of me jeans (pun intended) and the flag in high wind. What do I know. I’m not a biologist.

Posted by Lowspark 2022-04-14 14:21|| 2022-04-14 14:21|| Front Page Top

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