<div class="gmail_quote">On 8 February 2012 18:00, Eugen Leitl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eugen@leitl.org">eugen@leitl.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Supercentenarians are a different breed than ordinary people. The more we<br>
look the more obvious it becomes. I'm not sure this can be packaged into<br>
a simple therapeutic (supercentenarian mimic) vector anytime soon, even<br>
should we know what makes them so different, which we don't.<br clear="all"></blockquote></div><br>Yes. If a supercentenarian used to like to wear pink socks, the most we can tell is that pink socks are compatible with longevity. <br>
<br>Mimics of single traits is certainly not guaranteed to deliver, and even if a factor actually plays some role in one's longevity, this might have simply to do with the expression of a different genetic endowment from your own.<br>
<br>-- <br>Stefano Vaj<br>