James Anderson

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May 6, 2022

Model finds COVID-19 deaths among elderly may be due to genetic limit on cell division

Your immune system’s ability to combat COVID-19, like any infection, largely depends on its ability to replicate the immune cells effective at destroying the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the disease. These cloned immune cells cannot be infinitely created, and a key hypothesis of a new University of Washington study is that the body’s ability to…

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August 18, 2016

Twins, especially male identical twins, live longer

Analysis of almost 3,000 pairs of Danish twins shows that they live longer than the general population, especially if they are identical.

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