Immortaility possible ?

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Cancer cells may hold the key to immortality
March 18, 2005 - 7:50AM --Age , Australia
Scientists believe they may be able to significantly increase people's lifespans by learning why cancer cells are immortal.
Brian Morris, a professor of molecular medical sciences at the University of Sydney, said cultures of cancer cells in laboratories across the world had been kept alive for decades.
"They never die. They'll go on forever," he said.
"Cancer cells survive at the expense of every other cell in the body
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