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Review
. 2010 Mar 25;464(7288):504-12.
doi: 10.1038/nature08980.

The genetics of ageing

Cynthia J Kenyon  1
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Review

The genetics of ageing

Cynthia J Kenyon. Nature. .

Erratum in

  • Nature. 2010 Sep 30;467(7315):622

Abstract

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans ages and dies in a few weeks, but humans can live for 100 years or more. Assuming that the ancestor we share with nematodes aged rapidly, this means that over evolutionary time mutations have increased lifespan more than 2,000-fold. Which genes can extend lifespan? Can we augment their activities and live even longer? After centuries of wistful poetry and wild imagination, we are now getting answers, often unexpected ones, to these fundamental questions.

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