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Genetic variations offer longer life

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Many centenarians carry particular genetic signatures.

A cluster of 150 variations in DNA sequence can be used to predict — with 77% accuracy — whether a person has the genetic wherewithal to live to 100 years old, researchers have found.

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  1. Sebastiani, P. et al. Science advance online publication doi:10.1126/science.1190532 (2010).

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  1. Heidi Ledford
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Ledford, H. Genetic variations offer longer life. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.328

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