Lifespan ceiling: mutations could cap humans around 150–200 years, study finds

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Lifespan ceiling: mutations could cap humans around 150–200 years, study finds
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A Skolkovo Institute study estimates that if somatic mutations were the only aging factor, the median human lifespan would cap at about 146–194 years, with liver and skin able to renew for millennia while heart and brain limits would keep the maximum around 208 years, indicating mutations contribute to aging but other mechanisms also constrain mortality.

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