Uncovering the secret to human longevity :The Scientist [31/8/2001]

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Uncovering the secret to human longevity

Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk
News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010831-02

The existence of families in which a number of members live for an exceptionally long time suggests there is a strong genetic component to longevity, but so far the genes that control the aging process have not been identified. In August 28 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Annibale Puca and colleagues from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute show that a region on chromosome 4 have a gene, or a group of genes, whose subtle modifications may give a person a better chance to live beyond the average life expectancy.


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