Scientists in Spain have unlocked the genetic code of the immortal jellyfish—a creature capable of repeatedly reverting into a juvenile state— in hopes of unearthing the secret to their unique longevity, and find new clues to human aging. In their study, published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Maria Pascual-Torner, Victor Quesada and colleagues at the University of Oviedo mapped the genetic sequence of Turritopsis dohrnii, the only known species of jellyfish able to repeatedly revert back into a larval stage after sexual reproduction.

Scientists find clues why 'immortal jellyfish' got that name. (2022, August 31). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A9.