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Alexander Bürkle is researching a protein called PARP-1, and its function in repairing DNA damage and preventing ageing and cancer in cells.

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Three score and ten: How long will I live? Creative Commons Image Robert Scarth under CC-BY-SA licence

By Alexander Bürkle (Guest), David Gems (Guest), Graham Easton (Guest), John Sinden (Guest), Anthea Tinkler (Guest), Tom Kirkwood (Guest)

29 July 2001

The Bible fixes our lifespan at 70 years. Science thinks we can do a lot better than that.  Read more : Three score and ten: How long will I live?

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Three score and ten: How long will I live?

Comment posted by zz911452

16 Apr 2012

Since cells automatically renew, what causes the sudden change from renewal to cell degeneration? Humans should technically live forever so why does this change over happen? Cheers Luke Site: http://... Read more : Three score and ten: How long will I live?

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