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The process the immortal jellyfish uses to cheat death is like a form of cloning. If we can adapt it to the human body, it ...
Yet, deep in the world’s oceans, this is the astonishing reality of Turritopsis dohrnii, famously dubbed the “immortal jellyfish.” Imagine a tiny, translucent being with the power to ...
Image via Wikimedia Commons The hydrozoan Turritopsis dohrnii, an animal about 4.5 millimetres wide and tall (likely making it smaller than the nail on your little finger), can actually reverse its ...
Turritopsis dohrnii follows a typical jellyfish life cycle, beginning as a larva and maturing into a polyp and then an adult medusa. However, it can revert to the polyp stage in response to stress ...
And it’s not just a theory. Meet Turritopsis dohrnii, a jellyfish that’s surprising the scientific community with its rare ability to reverse ageing and return to a younger form, potentially ...