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Blood of World's Oldest Woman Hints At Limits of Life

porkchop_d_clown (39923) writes "When Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper died in 2005, she was the oldest woman in the world. [New Scientist reported Wednesday] that, at the end of her life, most of her white blood cells had been produced by just two stem cells — implying the rest of her blood stem cells had already died, and hinting at a possible limit to the human life span."

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  1. so when is a stem cell pill coming? by alen · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    and will insurance and/or obamacare cover it?

  2. Re:Very Old News: Genesis 6:3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    12. Deut. 25:11

    When two men are fighting and the wife of one of them intervenes to drag her husband clear of his opponent, if she puts out her hand and catches hold of the man by his privates, you must cut off her hand and show her no mercy.