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A team of researchers have discovered 17 new genes linked to longer lifespan, which they say could one day be targeted to help prolong human life.
The team studied 389,166 volunteers who took part in the UK Biobank, with confirmation in the US Health and Retirement Study and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.
The study found evidence to suggest that the genetic variants for average lifespan also influence exceptionally long life expectancy.
The study was published in the journal Aging.
