Friday, July 02, 2010

New Genetic Model Accurately Predicts Who's Likely to Live to 100

Interesting:

New Genetic Model Accurately Predicts Who's Likely to Live to 100 | Popular Science: "In 1997, Jeanne Louise Calment of France died at the age of 122, making her the oldest documented human to have ever lived. People who live to be 100 years or older are rare, and only about 1 in 600,000 people in industrialized nations live that long. But is there something genetically unique about centenarians that enables them to age gracefully and relatively disease-free? According to the results of a long-term study at Boston University School of Medicine, the answer is yes."

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