In the Mediterranean, researchers have studied a jellyfish that bends the rules of aging. The jellyfish is called Turritopsis dohrnii. It is no bigger than a fingernail, yet it can revert from its ...

Most living creatures are bound by the fact of birth, aging and death. Few, however, have evolved to break the typical life cycle. The aptly named immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) is one such ...

Achieving immortality is something that has driven human beings throughout much of their history. Many peculiar legends and fables have been told about the search for the elixirs of life. Medieval ...

The natural ageing process is perceived as unidirectional. Ageing occurs for all living organisms, from animals and plants to ...

A tiny Mediterranean jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, uses transdifferentiation to revert to a juvenile state and avoid death by aging, a process now studied for clues about human longevity. Kansas ...