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Mutants live longer

…and not just happy mutants. Turns out many people who live past the age of 100 share a specific mitrochondrial mutation that gives them additional resistance to oxidation. I wonder if my entirely self-sufficient grandmother (who lives alone and tends to her garden and bakes a killer Thanksgiving dinner) is a mitochondrial mutant? Link Discuss (Thanks, Scott!)

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