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Senior Citizen Longevity & Statistics

Those Long Telomeres Inherited from an Older Father Give You Longevity

Short telomeres a cause of ill health that occurs with aging long telomeres promote slower aging

Fluorescence-stained chromosomes (red) on a microscope slide. Telomere sequences (yellow) reside at the ends of each chromosome. More about telomeres from University of Utah below main story.

June 13, 2012 - Senior citizens most of them, anyway - are fond of trying to find reasons they are going to live longer. Well, here is a new one for you to contemplate. Researchers say that if your father conceived you late in life, you probably inherited some life-extending benefits long telomeres.

Its all based on a biological assumption that a slow pace of aging requires the body to invest more resources in repairing aging cells and tissues.

Researchers from Northwestern University say that our bodies might increase these investments to slow the pace of aging if our father and grandfather waited until they were older before having children.

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Those Long Telomeres Inherited from an Older Father Give You Longevity