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A comment on Brooke the Immortal: An American Child May Hold Secrets to Aging. Parent comment

Re:Brooke the Immortal: An American Child May Hold Secrets t... by rbanffy on Monday November 01, 2010 @10:43PM (#1859075)
> But if her telomeres are shortening

It means she is aging. She is not developing.

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Re:Brooke the Immortal: An American Child May Hold Secrets t... by mortenjorck on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @12:06AM (#1859242)
In a nutshell, yes. While the ordering of her cells is not changing with age, their internal chromosomal structure is.
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