Telomere Regeneration

Telomere Regeneration
Using the Reihado-ken technique, Genkai (Yu Yu Hakusho) manipulates her cells, regenerating her telomeres and temporarily restoring her to her physical prime.
Power/Ability to:	Regenerate the length of one's telomeres.

"I've seen every Tarzan ever made, twice. I get the picture."

― James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine to Gahck (Marvel Comics)

The power to restore one's telomeres to their optimal lengths. Sub-power of Telomere Manipulation and Regenerative Healing Factor. Opposite to Telomere Reduction.

Also Called

• Telomere Extension/Lengthening/Regrowth/Rejuvenation

Fiction-Specific Terms

• Body Reconstruction/Regression (Wuxia Manhwa/Novels)

Capabilities

The user can regenerate the length of their telomeres. Telomeres are a region of repetitive nucleotide sequences at each end of a chromatid, protecting the DNA fragments; they grow shorter as cell division occurs, an indication of the person getting older. By regenerating the lengths of telomeres, one can extend their own lifespan indefinitely.

Applications

• Aging Immunity
• Life Extension
• Prime Form
• Decelerated Aging/Supernatural Longevity (Varies)
• Youth Inducement
  • Age Negation

Associations

• Age Shifting
• Cell Manipulation
• DNA Manipulation
  • DNA Restoration
• Life Renewal
• Mitosis Manipulation
• Regenerative Healing Factor
• Telomere Manipulation

Limitations

• Unless they also have Regenerative Healing Factor, the user cannot increase the rate of regeneration of cells, so any injuries will not heal any faster than normal.
• May also preserve damaged/cancerous cells.
• User is still vulnerable to other causes of aging (such as oxidative damage of the mitochondria).
• Biological Manipulation can negate this power.
• May be temporary or need to be consciously activated.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Immortals (Baccano)
• Tenzen Yakushiji (Basilisk)
• Joujin (Basilisk)
• Creed Diskenth (Black Cat)
• Tomiko Asahina (From the New World)
• Immortals (Highlander: The Search for Vengeance)
  • Kyala
  • Colin Macleod
  • Marcus Octavius
• Ladylee Tangleroad (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Jeok Cheongang (Murim Login)
• Mae Jonghak/Jong Richu (Murim Login)
• Master Martial Artists (Wolyaverse)
• Genkai (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Live Television

• Stanton Parish (Alphas)
• Adam Monroe (Heroes)
• Claire Bennet (Heroes)
• Immortals (Highlander and Highlander: The Series)

Video Games

• Aya Brea (Parasite Eve)
• Herrscher Of The Death (Honkai Impact 3rd)

Cartoons

• Anais Gaia (RoboCop: Alpha Commando); via genetic level cellular control

Comics

• Martians (DC Comics)
• Agent Hunter (Image Comics)
• Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)
• Raven Darkholme/Mystique (Marvel Comics)
• Kyle Gibney/Wild Child (Marvel Comics)
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics)
• Laura Kinney/Wolverine II (Marvel Comics)
• Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)

Known Objects

• Blood Orchids (Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid)
• Cure-All Elixir (Baccano)
• Grand Panacea (Baccano)
• God's Breath (Black Cat)
• Lazarus Pits (DC Comics)
• Ambrosia (Toaru Majutsu no Index)

Trivia

• In real life, animals as lobsters can restore the length of their telomeres through the enzyme called telomerase, preventing there one's cells from undergoing the process of senescence.

Gallery

Perrinia immortalis/"Blood Orchid" (Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid), contains a unique, naturally generated chemical that extends an organism's telomeres, enabling those who consume them to live longer.

Thanks to his Body Supremacy, Stanton Parish (Alphas) has perfect cellular regeneration, repeatedly rejuvenating his telomeres and maintaining his youth for 200 years.

In addition to granting him vast regenerative powers, Tenzen Yakushiji's (Basilisk) symbiote also "eats" away the ravages of time, rejuvenating his telomeres and maintaining his youth for over 200 years.

10 years after Tenzen's death, Joujin (Basilisk) gained the symbiote that was Tenzen's spirit, "eating" away any wounds and aging the same way Tenzen's symbiote did.

Thanks to the God's Breath nanomachines in his body, Creed Diskenth (Black Cat) possesses such perfect regeneration that his telomeres are constantly enlengthened, maintaining his youth and peak condition.

In addition to healing the sick and being able to resurrect the dead, the Lazarus Pits (DC Comics) also rejuvenate the telomeres of whoever bathes in them. Thus, by continuously using the pits, Ra's al Ghul has maintained his age at its prime for over 600 years.

By continuously lengthening her telomeres, Tomiko Asahina (From the New World) has not only remained young and beautiful but has lived for over 267 years.

Adam Monroe's (Heroes) cells have regenerated so many times that they are now regenerating and dying in equilibrium, constantly rejuvenating his telomeres and rendering him young for over 400 years.

Mystique (Marvel Comics) rejuvenates her cells whenever she metamorphoses, thus rejuvenating her telomeres, maintaining her age at her prime.

Wolverine (Marvel Comics) possesses regenerative powers of such levels that they even re-lengthen his telomeres, maintaining his age at his prime.

Like his nemesis Wolverine, Sabretooth (Marvel Comics) possesses regenerative powers of such levels that they even re-lengthen his telomeres, maintaining his age at his prime.

Inheriting his father's healing factor, Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics) constantly regenerates his telomeres, maintaining his age at its prime.

As his healing factor is derived from Wolverine's, Deadpool (Marvel Comics) possesses the same degree of regeneration, his telomeres constantly re-lengthening and maintaining his age at its prime...

...to the extent his counterpart in the Earth-80521 reality was still alive and active as Deadpool 800 years into the future.

The mitochondria in Aya Brea's (Parasite Eve) body constantly rejuvenate her telomeres, making her appear to be in her early twenties despite actually being in her late thirties.

By manipulating her cells at a genetic level, Anais Gaia (RoboCop: Alpha Commando) can rejuvenate her telomeres, maintaining her youth.

Yeon Muhwa (Nano Machine) underwent Body Reconstruction and regain a youthful appearance.

Videos

X-Men - Origins Intro - Wolverine