Study: Genetic Variation Programs Some People to Age Faster

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By Andrew Moseman
Feb 8, 2010 11:34 PMNov 20, 2019 4:22 AM
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There's your chronological age, the number that creeps depressingly upward with each passing birthday, and then there's your biological age, associated with the condition of your body. In a study this week in Nature Genetics, a British team discovered a link between a particular genetic variation and people being several years older in their biological age. Says study leader Nilesh Samani:

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