
Dr. Ali Torkamani—Genomics and Aging
Longevity by Design
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Getting to an Advanced Age and Being Healthy
The elderly tend to be more educated and leaner over all. They had or over all genetic risk for all simer's disease, which would be kind o a big factor in terms of over all health,. especially later in life. There is a very, kind a weak signal, i would say, on the longevity side of things but a much stronger signal on the sort of lower genetic risk for common diseases.
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