Medical Xpress January 25, 2022
A group of genes that play an essential role in building components of our cells can also impact human lifespan, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
The genes have previously been found to extend lifespan in small organisms, such as making fruit flies live 10% longer, but this is the first time scientists have demonstrated a link in people as well, as they report in a new Genome Research paper.
Co-lead author Dr. Nazif Alic (UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing) said, “We have already seen from extensive previous research that inhibiting certain genes involved in making proteins in our cells, can extend lifespan in model organisms such as yeast, worms and flies. However, in humans, loss of function...
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