Topic: The Immortality of Turritopsis nutricula and its Possible Implications on Man
Outline:
I. Introduction
II. Body 1) Description of Turritopsis nutricula 2) T. nutricula’s life cycle 3) Possible Implications on Man a) In the field of science and medicine b) Aging c) Involvement of faith concepts
III. Conclusion 1) Summary 2) Prospects for the future and Recommendations IV. Index
1) Comprehensive Description of Class Hydrozoa
2) Morphological and Ultrastructural analysis of Turritopsis nutricula during life cycle reversal. + PDF 3) Turritopsis nutricula + PDF 4) Other articles about the immortal jellyfish (3 articles)
I. Introduction Everyone in this world enters and leaves. Each one has the ability to make choices and decisions, to be happy and sad, and to live and die. In other words, we are living in a dynamic world. It has been the endless desire of man, to be young forever. Myths, stories, legends, and epics are widely spread and have paved the way for the fame of the so-called ‘fountain of youth’. However, there are creatures which are able to excite the giant curiosity of science regarding this matter - the existence of “biologically immortal” creature. Hence, the discovery of the immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula). The discovery of this species, indeed, let scientists, or even ordinary people, consider that immortality is possible and that they need to go deeper into the endless search Turritopsis nutricula is a kind of jellyfish that is known today as the only “immortal species” in the world. This organism is very lucky to be gifted with such characteristic of reversing its life cycle. It has actually escaped the shackles of biological death. They may be small in size but they are terribly increasing in number due to