Lobsters do not age

Man and animals age, the body stops working properly, we become weak, lose reproductive capacity, wrinkles and other troubles.

It turns out that lobsters DNA self-healing, which in principle means that they could live forever, if they so often caught and eaten, or if they do not die of disease and accidents.

The enzyme, called telomerase restores DNA lobster, allowing him to live without aging and reach enormous size, such as the Guinness Book record holder, which weighs more than 20 kg.

Telomerase acts on telomeres, which are on the ends of chromosomes and protect chromosomes from wear. However, each time cells divide, the telomeres are reduced. Eventually, the telomeres become too short to protect chromosomes and the cells lose their ability to divide. This effect was called the Hayflick limit. Telomerase acts as an extension, rebuilding and protecting telomere length of a cell. However, lobsters do not cease to produce telomerase, and these enzymes themselves they simply abound.

Scientists have found no lobster signs of aging: no loss of appetite or changes in metabolism or the disappearance of reproductive ability or loss of strength or health. And if lobsters and die, it's usually an external cause.

Unfortunately, the path to immortality is useless to people as people, cells that convert the Hayflick limit, usually become cancerous.

Source: www.muz4in.net

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