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In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have cracked the DNA code of the longest living mammal, the bowhead whale, revealing a mechanism that could potentially prolong the human lifespan ...

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New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

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In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

Bowhead whales can live over 200 years thanks to a protein that helps their cells repair DNA damage efficiently.