Aging May Be Controlled by Brake and Accelerator Genes

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Can we tweak certain genes to stave off the aging process—or, conversely, to speed it up? New research indicates that it may one day be possible.

For the present, the current discovery helps to expalin something that the prevailing theory of aging--the idea that our bodies wear out because of errors accumulating in our DNA--cannot: why different species have different lifespans.

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