Genetic predisposition to disease common in two supercentenarians: study

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 11:31 in Biology & Nature

The first-ever published whole-genome sequences of not just one, but two supercentenarians, aged more than 114 years, reveal that both unusual and common genetic phenomena contribute to the genetic background of extreme human longevity.

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