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Why would knowing you are great at DNA repair guard against other things befalling and endangering the elderly, and very mundane, like falling and breaking a bo
by jjtheblunt 6y ago
Why would knowing you are great at DNA repair guard against other things befalling and endangering the elderly, and very mundane, like falling and breaking a bone, increasingly hard to heal the older one is, and thus at times a gateway to further injury cascade?
- azinman2 6y agoThere are many ways one can die or be injured. But knowing the likely upper limit of your longevity can change how you approach finances and risk.
- virtue3 6y agoI find it good to remember that genes are like re-used variables that do 100s of things in a giant 1mil lines of code file. Just cuz they identified one gene doesn't mean that it doesn't require other activations as well. Or that expressing that one gene will have that much of an effect. So sure, you could have an idea of the upper limit but definitely not the whole story. Circulating levels of GH/Insulin/IGF and other hormone like chemicals also play a huge factor in longevity as well. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22396862/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22396862/
- londons_explore 6y agoSo far, I suspect such genetic analysis has too much uncertainty to use as individual guidance. Knowing that an average person has say an 85% chance to exceed age 70, but you only have a 68% chance, would you dramatically change your life choices?
- azinman2 6y agoIn this case it’s not about that, but rather if you possess what it takes to hit 100+.