For some,
genetics means we age sooner.
Not exact matches
That doesn't
mean genetics doesn't play a role, says Mueller, but it seems
age and experience trump genes.
«This
means knowing the ensemble of its genes and being able to manipulate or mutate them in a variety of ways to better understand
aging and diseases of old
age,» says senior author Dr. Anne Brunet, professor of
genetics at Stanford School of Medicine, who has made the genetically engineered fish available to the entire research community.
The work
means that bacteria may be «central for understanding the
genetics of
aging,» he says, and that «we need to think about the consequences of getting rid of bacteria we actually want in our body.»
That
means that while there are several risks we can't control, such as family history,
genetics and
age, our diet is one thing we can control.