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A controversial genome-wide association study that identified a set of SNPs that appear useful for predicting human longevity came under increased scrutiny this week when researchers familiar with such studies questioned the design of the project and the platform it used.

Disparity in legislative staff longevity pay examined – RALEIGH â When it comes to longevity pay in stat

There have been many recent advances to our longevity, Victoria Lambert gives old age a closer look.

The gene could one day be used to turbocharge memory and brain function.

There have been many recent advances to our longevity, Victoria Lambert gives old age a closer look.

A gene linked to increased life span through calorie restriction also appears to play a critical role in boosting memory and brain power, a report says.

A GENE linked to increased life span through calorie restriction also appears to play a critical role in boosting brain power.

A gene linked to increased life span through calorie restriction also appears to play a critical role in boosting memory and brain power, according to a study published Sunday.

PARIS: A gene linked to increased life span through calorie restriction also appears to play a critical role in boosting memory and brain power, according to a study published Sunday.

July 8, 2010 – While environment and family history are factors in healthy aging, genetic variants play a critical and complex role in conferring exceptional longevity, according to a new landmark study by a team of researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine and the Boston Medical Center.

The insulin/IGF-1 signalling (IIS) pathway has diverse roles from metabolism to longevity. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the single forkhead box O (FOXO) homologue, DAF-16, functions as the major target of the IIS pathway. One of two isoforms, DAF-16a, is known to regulate longevity, stress response and dauer diapause. However, it remains unclear how DAF-16 achieves its specificity in regulating …

As an addendum to my previous post on the controversial “longevity genes” study, you should go and check this out . It’s a post on the blog of personal genomics company 23andMe , and it’s a pretty impressive piece of scientific dissection of the longevity GWAS paper – in addition to detailing a variety of methodological problems with the study, the authors actually used the 23andMe database to …

Age predictor or lengthener? Jessica Lynch Exceptional longevity is not this vacuous entity that no one can figure out,” stated Dr. Thomas Perls, a researcher at Boston University. According to these researchers, old age is no longer one of lifes great mysteries. The uncertainty was eliminated after a set of genetic variants predicting longevity were identified. And at this point, the variants …

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) Exceptional longevity in humans is linked to survival-associated genetic patterns rather than a dearth of disease-associated variants, according to the authors of a genome-wide association study appearing in the early, online version of Science today.

Testing for a genetic pattern found in centenarians may predict with 77 percent accuracy which people are among the 3 in 1,000 Americans with the DNA to live past age 100, a study found.

Centenarians appear to share similar characteristics

LOS ANGELES They may not have discovered the fountain of youth, but scientists are beginning to unravel some of the mysteries of living past 100 specifically, that it’s in your genes.

Reaching immortality is still in the realm of science fiction. But using clues from our genes, scientists are one step closer to understanding why some of us live to be centenarians while others don’t.

How long you live has a lot to do with your environment and lifestyle, but exceptional longevity may have even more to do with your genes

Can you live to be a hundred? Specific sections of your genes might provide the answer, a new study says. Boston University – Health – Longevity – DNA – Heart disease