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For example, single-gene changes can double the lifespan of the small roundworm C. elegans, the animal in which such genes were first identified, and they have extended the lifespan of mice, which are mammals like us, by up to 50%.

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For most of the types of clothes we have in our closet the average lifespan is about three years.

So if there are genes like that, then you can imagine that, if you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.

And we were very lucky to find that mutations that damage one single gene called daf-2 doubled the lifespan of the little worm.

And many of these different genes, we've shown, actually contribute to the long lifespan of the daf-2 mutant.

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