The secret to long life likely to be in the genes

[Retro]

Well, that's a shocker, who'da thunk it? The difference of course, is that scientists are now starting to unravel the mystery with some hard evidence, but still have a long way to go to uncover all the genes involved. I'll bet it's combinations of genes, too.

So, my advice is to live as healthily as possible to reduce the effect of external factors from killing you, but you'll only live as long as your genes programmed you to anyway. Perhaps scientists will be able to decode that value one day.

Some people who live to a great age put it down to an evening tot of whisky, others to staying out of trouble. Now scientists think they may have unlocked a key secret to long life – quite simply, genetics.

Writing in the journal Science, the researchers described how previous studies that had attempted to unpick the genetic component of human lifespan had not taken into account that some lives were cut short by accidents, murders, infectious diseases or other factors arising outside the body. Such “extrinsic mortality” increases with age, as people often become more frail.

The secret to long life? It could be in the genes after all, say scientists

New study into ‘heritability’ shows that 50% of the variation in human lifespan could be down to genetics

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hitcore]

>looking at family tree

Well I'm fucked then, lol

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