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I would guess that it's doable. There is after all a mechanism that switches off cell replication (division) after certain generations.

(edit) Specifically, from NYT article on aging from few days ago - Senescence can also be caused when cells run out of telomeres, the caps at the end of the chromosomes that get shorter at each cell division.



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