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Rethinking Aging: Could Long Genes Be the Culprits Behind Growing Older?


Aging may be less about specific “aging genes” and more about how long a gene is. Many of the changes associated with aging could be occurring due to decreased expression of long genes, say researchers in an opinion piece publishing March 21 in the journal Trends in Genetics. A decline in the exp

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