Can This Jellyfish Live Forever?
There's a jellyfish in Japan that is able to reverse it's aging process, and it might be able to live forever! Tara explains how this process works, and what we're hoping to gain from studying...
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Scientists have discovered the secret to immortality! Turns out, all you have to do is be a jellyfish. Hey guys, Tara here for Dnews - with yet more reason to be terrified of the ocean and its mysterious, creepy inhabitants. In 1988, scientists uncovered a species of jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii, that can reverse its aging process, effectively making it immortal. Researchers are now studying it - to see how it can do this, in hopes that someday - humans will be able to do the same. The "immortal jellyfish" - as people call it - stays alive by regenerating into a polyp—which is its earliest stage of life—as it ages, or whenever it experiences illness or trauma. It spends 3 days doing that, after which it eventually becomes an adult aga...
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Scientists have discovered the secret to immortality! Turns out, all you have to do is be a jellyfish. Hey guys, Tara here for Dnews - with yet more reason to be terrified of the ocean and its mysterious, creepy inhabitants. In 1988, scientists uncovered a species of jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii, that can reverse its aging process, effectively making it immortal. Researchers are now studying it - to see how it can do this, in hopes that someday - humans will be able to do the same. The "immortal jellyfish" - as people call it - stays alive by regenerating into a polyp—which is its earliest stage of life—as it ages, or whenever it experiences illness or trauma. It spends 3 days doing that, after which it eventually becomes an adult aga...
