JERUSALEM, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Israeli and Russian researchers have identified a handful of genes that are affected in pathological aging, but not in normal aging, Ben Gurion University (BGU) in southern Israel said on Sunday.
BGU added that following the findings, a test for changes in a set of genes could tell whether people are heading towards healthy aging.
Moreover, the researchers were able to determine which genes are better candidates for targeted therapies, whose damage can be reversed.
In a study, published in the journal Aging, the researchers, from BGU and Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Moscow examined the roles of SIRT6 gene in aging.
This gene plays a role in DNA repair, as one of the main causes of aging is the accumulation of unrepaired DNA damage that can lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson' and Alzheimer's. Enditem
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