Can you live to be 100 years old? Your genes might tell the story.
The research may lead to longer lives, but that would be so far in the future that our best bet is still a healthy lifestyle. Link
A newly discovered suite of 150 "long life" variants in about 70 genes allows scientists to guess, with 77 percent accuracy, whether a person can live into their late 90s or longer, a new study says.
These long-life gene variants, the authors speculate, may suppress genes associated with ailments often linked to aging, such as dementia and heart problems.
"This is just a genetic predisposition," cautioned study leader Paola Sebastiani, a biostatistician at the Boston University School of Public Health. "It doesn't mean that you're going to live to be a hundred. Many things can happen in life."
The research may lead to longer lives, but that would be so far in the future that our best bet is still a healthy lifestyle. Link
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If I have that gene, please somebody, anybody, take me out to a field and shoot me in the head NOW.
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I can't stress enough the need to avoid stress.
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Silly woman. That cake will kill her.
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