How to live to a ripe old age without losing your marbles »

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"Without good brain function, living to age 100 is not an attractive proposition," said Nir Barzilai, director of the college's Institute for Ageing Research. "We've shown that the same gene variant that helps people live to exceptional ages has the added benefit of helping them think clearly.

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STONERS
Dec. 26, 2006, 11:08 p.m.
too late---roflmao!!! mine is gone:}:}:}

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  stephen-johnson
  Dec. 27, 2006, 12:21 a.m.
  Ditto ;-)
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  geographer47
  Dec. 27, 2006, 9:54 a.m.
  Never fear. They're trying to find a way to bottle it and sell it to the rest of the population.
  "If drugs could be developed which mimic the protective function of the CETP VV variant they could transform the quality of life of the ageing population."