Longer genes correlated with aging: Study

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Longer genes correlated with aging: Study

Longer genes correlated with aging: Study

A recent study, including research from Northwestern Medicine, identifies long genes as a central factor in aging. Published in Trends in Genetics, the study reveals that conditions accelerating aging decrease the activity of long genes, while those slowing it increase their activity.

Neurodegeneration and Long Genes

The research also sheds light on neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, suggesting that decreased activity of long genes could lead to insufficient biomaterial production, impacting neural function. This finding challenges previous beliefs that aging is governed by specific genes, highlighting instead the role of gene length in accumulating DNA damage over time.

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