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MicroRNA Gene that Regulates Lifespan Found by Yale Scientists

An alignment between the C. elegans and human genes; the C. elegans lin-4 gene is found in humans, conserved as human mir-125. Genes that control the timing of organ formation during development also control timing of aging and death, and provide evidence of a biological timing mechanism for aging, Yale researchers report in the journal Science.
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