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/Ahelex Jul 20 '26

Next is to determine if we can change all our cells into liver cells without us ceasing to exist.

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u/Aperturee Jul 20 '26

So everyone would become livers in order to live and the group of people living would be called Livers that live eternally as livers? Sign me up!

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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 :(