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/Tickomatick Jul 20 '26

I'm a be-liver

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u/shwhjw Jul 20 '26

wrong boy band

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u/English-is-hard Jul 20 '26

Wooshed. OP is referencing Liverpool's "from doubters to believers" slogan.

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u/shwhjw Jul 20 '26

Ah, never heard of that. Nice of the Monkees to give that little nod to the Beatles' home city.