10/20/2011 – Long life passed down through generations

Anne Brunet

Although long life can be inherited, it doesn’t necessarily happen through the genes.

A new study conducted by Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Anne Brunet shows that the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of long-lived roundworms live five to six days longer than usual even though they no longer carry the genetic mutations that caused their grandparents’ longevity.

Read the full article at Nature

Learn more about this research:

• Brunet Lab at Stanford University
• “Live long, pass it on,” Science News