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Mutant Genes Linked to Long Life

DNA-protecting enzyme may be key to living to 100

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 16, 2009 8:43 AM CST

(Newser) – Scientists have spotted a link among people who live to age 100: high levels of telomerase, an enzyme that protects DNA and could possibly be simulated in life-lengthening drugs. The enzyme repairs telomeres, end sections of DNA that have been likened to plastic tips that...   Read full story »

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