How long does a chicken live? 2 year, 3 years? They actually live a maximum of five years before passing away. Though amazingly, Nobel prize winner Alexis Carrel was able to keep the cells of one lucky chicken alive for 34 years, that’s nearly 6 times longer than its average life expectancy. Alexis had devised a theory that cells could be kept alive for an infinite amount of time, as long as they are stored in the right conditions. So how was he able to keep these cells alive so long? His method was very simple; through out the duration of the study the chicken cells were left in a container of fresh mineral water. Every two days Alexis exchanged the water in the container with a fresh batch, ensuring that the cells were receiving constant doses of nutrients. Unfortunately, he never got to see the final results of his experiment or how much it has inspired other scientists in his field; Alexis Carrel died 2 years before the end of this study.
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