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Life Lessons From (Very Old) Bowhead Whales  The New York Times Evidence for improved DNA repair in long-lived bowhead whale  Nature Can bowhead whales with their 200-year lifespan help us to slow ageing?  The Guardian Bowhead whales’ secret to long life may lie in a protein  University of Rochester Bowhead Whales Live Long Lives. Do They Hold the Key to Human Longevity?  Smithsonian Magazine Source …

Reagents Detailed information on reagents, such as antibodies and sequences of primers, probes, CRISPR guides, and siRNAs, is provided in Supplementary Table 2. Animal experiments All animal experiments were approved and performed under pre-approved protocols and in accordance with guidelines set by the University of Rochester Committee on Animal Resources (UCAR). Whale sample collection Bowhead whale tissues were obtained from …

With a maximum lifespan of more than 200 years, the bowhead whale lives longer than any other mammal. But how the 80-tonne beasts survive so long has never been fully explained. Now scientists have found hints of an answer and are drawing up plans to see whether the same biological trick can be performed in humans. If so, it raises …