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Cellular aging or immortalization depends on random reorganization of the cell genome and is determined by chance, intrinsic properties of the cell and environmental factors. The probability of creating a new genetic progressively autonomous program is higher for some cells than for others and is increased by external events that introduce de novo information.
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