According to a team of geneticists, the longer a person's telomeres (the protective ends of chromosomes) the longer they will live -- at least, that's the case among a group of heart disease patients studied.
The announcement was made by Salt Lake City's Intermountain Heart Institute, at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session.
"Our research shows that if we statistically adjust for age, patients with longer telomeres live longer, suggesting that telomere length is more than just a measure of age, but may also indicate the probability for survival," said John Carlquist, director of the institute's genetics lab. "Longer telomere length directly correlate with the likelihood for a longer life -- even for patients with heart disease."
By: Liat Clark, Edited by: David Cornish
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/11/dna-proves-life-expectancy
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