Why some People Reach a Healthy 100 and Others Don't: These Important Genes Likely Play a Role.
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Admittedly, we would all like to reach the age of 100 without having stepped on a hospital. As a team of scientists has just found a genetic clue that explains why some families do it. The study, presented at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics in Gothenburg, has analyzed 212 groups of brothers from the Longevity Study of Leiden (Netherlands). And among 20,000 genes, they encountered the CGAS gene. Researchers already…
Why does one person remain perfectly healthy into old age, while another faces heart problems, diabetes, or other age-related ailments twenty years earlier? It is not just about how healthy you live. Dutch researchers believe they have found an important factor that is passed down from generation to generation. On average, we are living longer: […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.

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