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Hayflick limit

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Hayflick limit (plural Hayflick limits)

English Wikipedia has an article on:Hayflick limitWikipedia
(biology) The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably because the telomeres shorten to a critical length.

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They reason that this would extend human life because it would extend the Hayflick limit. Source: Internet

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