• Question: could a human live forever?

    Asked by stefanwinklewerker to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 16 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 16 Mar 2013:

      Senescence, or ageing, happens in most animals, including humans, and ageing is a main contributer to death in humans. However, some animals show slow signs of ageing, and some animals don’t show any signs of ageing at all, so understanding how this happens is probably the next step.

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