What part of "very old people die, they can't live forever" don't they get?, page-27

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    We believe do have an imprecise "countdown clock", each cell division results in shorter telomeres and if they get too short the cells die by apoptosis - old age. The "cause of death" may be perhaps heart failure, but underlying that could well be 'the clock has struck midnight'.
 
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