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291 | Venki Ramakrishnan on the Biology of Death and Aging

3223.842 - 3243.557 Venki Ramakrishnan

And when they reach a critical stage, the cell stops dividing and goes into a state called senescence, and then it's eventually destroyed. And you would ask, why would it do that? Why not? And if you were to let cells have the ability to proliferate indefinitely, then if that cell became cancerous, it would be a cancer risk.

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