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TheRealNorth

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7. While my knowledge on the science of aging is limited....

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 8, 2022, 05:08 PM

Apr 2022

If the telomeres were not shortening (or shortening at a slower rate), than I would think that people like this would be living a lot longer. Of course, maybe its not the "aging" but the various lifestyles diseases or cancer that eventually gets them.

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Fascinating. This 32-year-old man stopped aging at 13 [View all] intrepidity Apr 2022 OP

Maybe hormonal? TheRealNorth Apr 2022 #1

Hmmm good point intrepidity Apr 2022 #6

While my knowledge on the science of aging is limited.... TheRealNorth Apr 2022 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Apr 2022 #2

Hell, I know of a 75-year-old who stopped maturing at about 3 . . . Journeyman Apr 2022 #3

What a coincidence, I know a 75yo who stopped maturing at 6. unblock Apr 2022 #4

Probably so. I think the age of maturity varies given the day's events . . . Journeyman Apr 2022 #5

1+ keithbvadu2 Apr 2022 #8