Submitted by TheRappingSquid t3_122bq27 in Futurology
gopher65 t1_jdsjmbk wrote
Reply to comment by RamaSchneider in Printed organs becoming more useful than bio ones by TheRappingSquid
That is just the cell's self destruct flag. It minimizes the chances that the cell will live long enough to aquire enough DNA damage that it becomes cancerous.
It's the "kill me before" date, if you will. That isn't what damages cells though. Living does that:P.
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