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Originally Posted by 9th
Good thing I'm not even 20. They'll clone me in like 5 years, so I can have an epic death somewhere in my middle ages.
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Yea...It's one of the ethical problems facing cloning today. Every time your DNA replicates, the ends of the strands, called telomeres, shorten. After years of DNA replication, your telomeres experience this "damage" many times over. Molecular Biologists believe this shortening of your telomeres is what causes aging, body deterioration, organ failure, and eventually death. Otherwise, there's no reason why people have to die at 70 or 80. Think about it. There are species of turtles that live over 100 years on average. It's all in the DNA my friend.