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We may have even less control over how long we live than previously thought - The Washington Post

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A study resets the longevity discussion, after previous research focused on those born between 1870 and 1900, and shows genetics and environment play roughly equal roles.

Uri Alon was long puzzled by a textbook statistic: longevity, the thinking went, was about 20 percent in our genes. That makes you think whats the rest of the 80 percent: Is it the lifestyle? Why sh…

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