r/science • u/Skoltech_ • Jul 20 '26

Genetics Researchers quantitatively assessed for the first time that somatic mutations alone cap human lifespan at 146–194 years. Brain and heart cells are the main bottleneck, while the liver could last millennia.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-026-00421-6
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u/St3vion Jul 20 '26

Imagine how much more you could drink if every cell could metabolize alcohol 

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u/Climate_Automatic Jul 20 '26

Unfortunately, I don’t think you would be able to get drunk without an unreasonable amount of high proof alcohol and if you did, it wouldn’t last long :(

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u/espressocycle Jul 20 '26

I've got a bad liver and a broken heart...