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The maximum lifespan of mammalian taxon specified arsenic humans tin beryllium estimated from alleged epigenetic markers - and altering those mightiness widen our longevity
The maximum property of humans, and different mammalian species, could beryllium predicted from insubstantial samples Luke MacGregor/Alamy
We mightiness person recovered a caller mode to widen the lifespan of galore mammals, including people.
A survey of 15,000 insubstantial samples from 348 mammal taxon has shown it is imaginable to foretell their maximum lifespan by looking for the beingness oregon lack of labels known arsenic epigenetic markers astatine circumstantial sites successful the genome. What’s more, these could beryllium causal. That is, altering the epigenetic markers mightiness increase maximum lifespans.
“I bash deliberation it is rather possible,” says …
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