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Scientists are studying a mysterious “whale protein” that helps these giants live over 200 years without cancer, but could this discovery really unlock longer, healthier lives for humans too?

Mammals, for instance, differ dramatically in their maximal lifespans—from the tiny forest shrew, which lives only one or two years, to the bowhead whale, capable of living for more than 200 years.