Longevity tied to genes that preserve tips of chromosomes
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 18:35
in Biology & Nature
A team led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found a clear link between living to 100 and inheriting a hyperactive version of an enzyme that rebuilds telomeres - the tip ends of chromosomes. The findings appear in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.