The secret of longevity found in the DNA of the oldest inhabitant of the planet The mystery of longevity - in chromosomes?
And it lived to 115 years old woman was born prematurely!
Name ladies Dutch scientists kept secret. She has only a code number - W115. We know that she was born prematurely. No one expected to survive ...
But she has gone through her entire family. Almost did not hurt. There were no problems with the heart and blood vessels. Only in the 100 years it has found breast cancer. In 105, she moved into a nursing home. Only 115 died - gastric cancer. (As the wisdom of each man will live to see their cancer if not die before that on something else ...)
In the two years before his death, she checked the level of IQ. It turned out she was in full mental health, at 65-70-year-old.
W115 bequeathed his brain to science that doctors were able to determine the secret of longevity.
- We know that she was a special person, - said Dr. Henne Holstege of University Medical Center in Amsterdam. - She had found signs of Alzheimer's disease. Perhaps the body has a certain protection against dementia. We think that she had special genes that prolong life.
University scientists have found in the genome W115 unusual deviation. Now they are studied in more detail, looking for evidence.
Experts believe that further research to explain why some people's genes allow them to live a long life, high-grade, without dementia.
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