The amazing genetics of the world's oldest woman: no telomeres and cancer-protective mutations

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The amazing genetics of the world's oldest woman: no telomeres and cancer-protective mutations

Maria Branyas, the world's oldest woman at 117 years old, has genetic privilege that has protected her from 'aging badly'. Early epigenetic analysis of this woman from Olot (Gerona) reveals that her exceptional genome has shielded her, among other things, from developing leukemia despite being genetically marked for it and has allowed her to survive with good quality of life despite having little DNA protection. 'The first data we have analyzed …