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Hayflick limit

Hayflick limit

Number of times a normal human cell population will divide until cell division stops.

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Leonard Hayflick discovered what he termed the hayflick limit in 1961 after a series of experiments investigating cellular aging in human cells in-vitro. He found that human cells are able to survive about 40-60 cell divisions before losing the ability to survive and divide.

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An Afternoon with Dr. Leonard Hayflick Discussing Aging Research, Telomeres, and Telomerase (Pt 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtE4XKM2WBo

January 9, 2017

Leonard Hayflick (1928- ) | The Embryo Project Encyclopedia

Zane Bartlett

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/leonard-hayflick-1928

Life's Limit | Radiolab | WNYC Studios

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/91563-lifes-limit/

June 14, 2017

The serial cultivation of human diploid cell strains

L.Hayflick, P.S.Moorhead

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0014482761901926

Academic paper

Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoJsr4IwCm4

October 20, 2017

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