Jellyfish - Wikipedia
The stinging cells used by jellyfish to subdue their prey can injure humans. Thousands of swimmers worldwide are stung every year, with effects ranging from mild discomfort to serious injury or even death.
‘Immortal Jellyfish’ Could Spur Discoveries About Human Aging
2022年9月6日 · In oceans across the globe, a tiny jellyfish species—smaller than the nail on your pinky finger—displays remarkable death-defying abilities.
Immortal jellyfish genes identified that may explain their long lives
2022年8月29日 · An immortal species of jellyfish has double copies of genes that protect and repair DNA. The finding could provide clues to human ageing and age-related conditions.
Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality?
2012年11月28日 · Even so, he thinks we’re close to solving the species’s mystery — that it’s a matter of years, perhaps a decade or two. “Human beings are so intelligent,” he told me, as if to reassure me.
This Jellyfish Can Live Forever. Its Genes May Tell Us How.
2022年9月6日 · Whether any of these processes in T. dohrnii’s body have a parallel in the human body is an open question. But for the foreseeable future, this fountain of youth is just for jellyfish.
New study could unearth the secret to how ‘immortal jellyfish ... - CNN
2022年8月31日 · When conditions are right, jellyfish reproduce sexually. Although many types of jellyfish have some capacity to reverse aging and revert to a larval stage, most lose this ability once they...
Immortal jellyfish gene research reveals some clues into …
2022年8月30日 · Researchers in Spain have cracked the genetic code of the immortal jellyfish, so-called because it can repeatedly rejuvenate itself – a feat scientists hope can lead to advances in how to treat...
Aging Reimagined: How “Immortal” Jellyfish DNA Could Extend Human …
2023年11月22日 · They’ve seen this pathway at work in certain cells that don’t age, like cancer stem cells, and notably, the enigmatic Turritopsis dohrnii, commonly known as the “immortal jellyfish.” By strengthening this pathway in a worm called Caenorhabditis elegans , the worm lived significantly longer.
What Scientists Hope to Learn By Studying the Immortal Jellyfish
2023年4月5日 · Not even the immortal jellyfish is invincible to death, come to think of it. “It is mortal because it has predators; sea snails or sea worms can eat it, and viruses or parasites can kill it ...
This Jellyfish Can Defy Death And Turn Back Time
2021年3月12日 · It appears that a species of jellyfish can not only defy death, but has the ability to change its form and actually reverse its aging in a sort of “Back to the Future” process, according to ongoing research by a Texas A&M University at Galveston professor.
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