An Immortal Jellyfish

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I follow Kris Kashtanova, on Twitter. This past week, she posed an interesting question to ChatGPT, the AI developed by OpenAI: "What is the most interesting fact you know?"

The AI's response was absolutely fascinating. It cited the unique abilities of a species of jellyfish known as the "Immortal Jellyfish" or scientifically, the Turritopsis dohrnii. This jellyfish has the uncanny ability to revert back to its juvenile state after reaching maturity - a phenomenon termed 'transdifferentiation'. Through this process, its cells transform into different types of cells, effectively rebooting its lifecycle. This makes the jellyfish biologically immortal, despite remaining susceptible to diseases or predation.

What's even more intriguing is the potential implications this has for human science. Researchers studying ageing and regenerative medicine are particularly captivated by the jellyfish's ability to reverse its ageing process.

Nature's miracles never cease to amaze!

All the best,

Julia

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That is interesting. It’s hard to believe that it’s the most interesting thing chat GPT knows however. I would’ve thought they were more interesting facts about me that might’ve known. Oh well.
Jim.

We all know about you Jim, ha ha.
How are you keeping, getting plenty of exercise I hope. Not long until that Marathon, come on, you can do it.
Bux

I actually asked it the same question and it came back with facts about the size of the universe.

Quite big I should say. Some things are beyond our powers of imagination.

Haha!! I am up to walking 2 miles/day. I just have to get that up to 12 at a fast job.

That’s two miles more than before. Steady progress and belief will get you there.

I intend to.

Interesting, Julia!

Jeff

Hey Julia. Wow, that is a fantastic fact! It would be a life-changing phenomenon if they could use this fish to make anti-aging products. I would definitely want a peace of that pie to be an AM or even sell my own product.

Thant's an interesting idea! There would certainly be a market for it.

Hi Julia,

I wasn't aware of this. My first thought (rooted in ignorance) is if it is because they are mostly water compared to many other life forms. I know babies have a higher water consistency than adults and during this phase they go through the most changes humans will go through.

If so, it would likely mean we would have to somehow change our composition to be more water than solid.

An interesting topic, thanks so much for sharing.

Regards,

Jason

Fascinating!! I didn't know any of this!

Wow! How fascinating! Thank you for posting, Julia.

It is amazing, isn't it!!

Absolutely. Wishing you well, success, and a terrific day.

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