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Genomics of ageing in twins.
The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society - 1 Nov 2014
Mangino Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Ageing is a complex multifactorial process, reflecting the progression of all degenerative pathways within an organism. Due to the increase of life expectancy, in recent years, there is a pressing need to identify early-life events and risk factors that determine health outcomes in later life. So far, genetic variation only explains ~20-25 % of the variability of human survival to age 80+. This clearly implies...
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