Scientists Think This Animal Could Help Humans Live for 200 Years

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The Bowhead whale. Saved you a click.

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I can go one step further. They provided their own handy summary.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

  • The longest-lived mammals on Earth, bowhead whales, contain longevity secrets that scientists hope could be applied to our own biology.
  • A new study analyzes gene repairing proteins and found that bowhead whales contain 100 times the concentration of CIRBP, a protein that repairs genetic damage known as double-strand breaks.
  • They also found that the specimens subjected to colder temperatures tended to produce more of these proteins, a nifty trick for a species that lives in arctic waters.
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Is Popular Mechanics just general science articles these days? This doesn’t seem related to the word “mechanics”…

Also WTF is with that image?

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its like the weekly world news of science.

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Bowhead whales. I was sure it was going to be naked mole rats. Either way, any title with the word “this” is usually clickbait. @yogthos@lemmy.ml could you try to include the relevant info when possible? Clicks aren’t really free. They are often time consuming and annoying.

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I mean some people complain when you change the title, you just can’t please everybody 🤷

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I usually put the info or paste the relevant info into the post body.

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I do that sometimes if the article is dense.

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