"Some scientists say there are reasons to believe the gene hunt is misguided. Yaniv Erlich, a scientist affiliated with the New York Genome Center, says there may not be as much to know about DNA and aging as many people think. In 2013, he and coworkers created a family tree of 13 million people dating back to the 15th century, including their dates of birth and death. Erlich found that longevity “is one of the lowest heritable traits.”
This quote from the MIT Technology Review article entitled "We Still Haven't Found A Fountain of Youth In Our DNA," leads one to believe we have more control over our fate than once imagined..but it is complicated. Read the entire article.
This quote from the MIT Technology Review article entitled "We Still Haven't Found A Fountain of Youth In Our DNA," leads one to believe we have more control over our fate than once imagined..but it is complicated. Read the entire article.