Dr. Thomas Perls has for many years studied so-called tremendous agers, individuals who stay deep into their 90s and past, primarily unburdened by the standard ailments of outdated age. He’s satisfied that the key to this outstanding longevity is buried in folks’s genes and handed down via generations.
However which genes harbor this energy? And if researchers pinpoint the best genes amid hundreds in an individual’s physique, may that information be harnessed to develop medicine that mimic these genes and permit extra folks to take pleasure in longer, more healthy lives?
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