News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others. Parent comment

Re:Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster tha... by PaulHoule on Saturday July 26, 2025 @04:26PM (#44696709)
It's commonly thought that if your cells kept dividing the way that they do when you're young and they accumulated genetic damages you'd get cancer more often.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster tha... by Teever on Saturday July 26, 2025 @08:51PM (#44698052)
That isn't a satisfying answer because humans can obviously generate germline cells that don't suffer from this issue.

So the question becomes why can't somatic cells repair themselves to be as healthy as germline cells?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster tha... by gsf_emergency_2 on Sunday July 27, 2025 @12:05AM (#44698847)
Related Review

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5586376/

[ Parent | on HN ]