Healthy living undoubtedly plays a role in longevity. But studies have shown that siblings of centenarians are 8 to 17 times as likely as the average person to see 100. That link suggests that a potent benefit runs in the family’s genes.
Researchers now offer an explanation for a portion of this hereditary good fortune.
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