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Telomere shortening is only implicated in some types of cellular aging. Neurons and skeletal muscle cells, for example, are post-mitotic, meaning they don't really divide and thus don't experience telomere shortening.
Comment by bodygreatfitness at 29/11/2022 at 04:10 UTC
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I could see fully composite skeletons with some wild future tech, but those neurons, those sure sound hard to fix
Comment by AdiSoldier245 at 29/11/2022 at 08:59 UTC
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Do neurons age?