Age is just a number: Immune cell 'epigenetic clock' ticks independently of organism lifespan

Researchers use epigenetic clock, DNA methylation and mouse model to demonstrate that T cell proliferation can stretch past organism lifespan and acuta lymphoblastic leukemia T cells appear hundreds of years old.

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