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Sea anemones ‘can live forever’

Natural Histories

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Prof Dan Rokhsar from the University of California explains that sea anemones ‘are constantly replacing their bodies’ which means they avoid the symptoms of aging that humans experience. Prof Rokhsar hopes to identify the gene that allows sea anemones to do this.

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