The Role of Genes in Longevity

Even a zero score between the presence or absence of a particular gene form and a disease state does not mean it's got no causation. It may simply mean that that process in the body is so robust that even when you knock it out, continues nevertheless with no change. We have to go to a higher level of organization and work out how those higher levels of organization are managing to keep functioning whether or not particular genes are present. But that's very important because it means that we won't get the answer from genomics alone.

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