Buffering mechanisms in aging: a systems approach toward uncovering the genetic component of aging.

An unrealized potential to understand the genetic basis of aging in humans, is to consider the immense survival advantage of the rare individuals who live 100 years or more. The Longevity Gene Study was initiated in 1998 at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to investigate longevity genes in a...

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Main Authors: Aviv Bergman, Gil Atzmon, Kenny Ye, Thomas MacCarthy, Nir Barzilai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-08-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1963511?pdf=render