A gene variant that arose decades ago within an Amish community seems to make people live ten years longer, as well as making it less likely that they will develop diabetes. The gene is called Serpine1, and is known to create a protein that promotes ageing, known as PA-1. However, a faulty variant of this…
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It has long been known, and accepted, that women have a longer average lifespan than men. Currently women live an average of 5 years longer than men, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And among those who pass the age of 100, a massive 85% of them are female….
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As many of our readers will know telomere length has already been linked to many aspects of human health. Now a link has been found between the pain suffered by those who have fibromyalgia and length of telomeres. A link was also found between the pain sensitivity and altered brain structure – giving rise to…
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The link between developing age related diseases and biological aging has been found by scientists led by Leicester University. Involving 14 research centers across a total of 8 countries the study looked into telomeres – which IAS is sure everyone has now heard about (if not read more about them here!) To keep it short,…
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Telomeres are the caps on the end of chromosomses that get shorter each time a cell divides, up until the point where the cell simply fails to function anymore and dies off. These telomeres are the topic of much research as many researchers have linked the lengths of them to chances of living longer –…
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A study designed to discover whether the length of telomeres in the muscle was associated with endurance exercise training and oxygen consumption has shown some truly believable results. Older athletes who took part in endurance training had a resulting longer telomere length, than those who were active but not athletes. From this the researchers were…
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Research using telomeres Researchers at Kaiser Permanente and the University of California, San Francisco have been assembling genetic data on 100,000 northern Californians and have recently been able to unveil the first findings at the annual American Society of Human Genetics. They have found a very intriguing connection between the risk of mortality and the…
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