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  1. The Hayflick limit is the limit on cell replication imposed by the shortening of telomeres with each division. This end stage is known as cellular senescence . The Hayflick limit has been found to correlate with the length of the telomeric region at the end of chromosomes.

  2. Oct 1, 2000 · Almost 40 years ago, Leonard Hayflick discovered that cultured normal human cells have limited capacity to divide, after which they become senescent — a phenomenon now known as the ‘Hayflick ...

  3. Cancer cells have the ability to replicate unlimitedly as compared to normal healthy cells. Hayflick Limit, named after scientist Leonard Hayflick discovered that normal cells have a limited capacity to divide, and after the loss of capacity to divide, cells reach an irreversible state of senescence [224 ].

  4. Nov 14, 2014 · The concept of the Hayflick Limit helped scientists study the effects of cellular aging on human populations from embryonic development to death, including the discovery of the effects of shortening repetitive sequences of DNA, called telomeres, on the ends of chromosomes.

  5. Almost 40 years ago, Leonard Hayflick discovered that cultured normal human cells have limited capacity to divide, after which they become senescent -- a phenomenon now known as the 'Hayflick limit'.

  6. Hayflick limit or Hayflick’s phenomena is defined as the number of times a normal cell population divides before entering the senescence phase. Macfarlane Burnet coined the term “c limit” in 1974.

  7. But there is only one eponymous limit in biomedicine: the Hayflick Limit, the number of times (about 50) that normal human embryonic cells can divide before they succumb to senescence. Leonard Hayflick, professor of anatomy at the University of California at San Francisco, advanced the concept 50 years ago.