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Published online 1 May 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020429-4

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Geneticists seek Queen Mum's secrets

Centenarians' gene links show the way to long life.

Britain's late Queen Mother was born before DNA was dreamed of - but her peers teeter on the cutting edge of research. Gene-talk in thriving centenarians could help lesser mortals achieve royal longevity.

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