If your parents lived a long time, you might have inherited genes tied to aging-related processes like cell aging, inflammation, and heart health — and these could help explain why some people live longer.

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Human longevity: 25 genetic loci associated in 389,166 UK biobank participants

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2017 Dec 6

The study looks at the genes of people whose parents lived a long time and finds those genes are linked to aging, heart health, and how the body handles fat and inflammation, which supports the idea that these factors help people live longer.

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Human longevity: 25 genetic loci associated in 389,166 UK biobank participants

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DOI: 10.18632/aging.101334

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