近几年，科学家已经证实所谓的长寿基因确实存在。
In recent years, the scientists have even identified so-called longevity genes.
衰老。对长寿基因的研究是否能帮助人类长寿、健康？
Aging - Will research into "longevity genes" help us live longer and healthier lives?
相反，他们想本月晚些时候在互联网上推出一项免费的长寿基因检测服务，以推动长寿研究。
Instead, they expect to make a free test kit available on the Internet later this month to foster longevity research.
她说，我这一生都想做个母亲，但是我一直没有机会碰到真正适合我的男人,我妈妈活了101岁，我有充足的理由相信我们家人具有长寿基因。
My mother lived to 101 years old and I have every reason to believe longevity runs in my family.
这暗示着目前对老年疾病风险的测验仍是不完备的，因为他们没有把可能掩盖这些风险的与长寿相关的基因考虑进来。
That suggests current tests for the risks of diseases of aging are incomplete, as they do not take into account these longevity-associated genes that may override that risk.
如果我们能有所回馈，也就是找到长寿相关的基因，这肯定是我们必须要做的事情。
And if we're able to give back, to find genes associated with longevity, it's really something we have to do.
在控制组中，15%的参与者拥有与长寿相关的基因。
In the control group, 15 percent of participants had longevity-associated genes.
他说“谈到有助于长寿的罕见基因变异，对家庭[的调查分析]特别重要。”
"When it comes to rare genetic variations that contribute to longevity, family [analysis] is particularly powerful," he says.
他们参与的这项研究目的在于帮助科学家揭露慢性病的基因基础，或许它还能发现有些人更长寿的原因。
The goal of the study they are participating in is to help scientists uncover the genetic roots of chronic disease and, perhaps, to find out why some people live longer than others.
我们的方法就是抓住谜团中的复杂部分，分析所有这些基因间的互动如何导致长寿。
And that's what this method does - it captures the complexity of the puzzle and the interaction of all these genes together to produce exceptional longevity.
在寻找长寿之旅中我发现这种坚定的开朗性格比好的基因更为重要。
In the search for longevity it seemed to me that this steadfastly bright disposition was even more important than good genes.
女性在长寿上的优势似乎与女性特有的基因有关，但确切的机理，或者说到底是什么关键性的原因导致了这样目前还不清楚。
The longevity dividend seems linked to something in the female genome, and though it's not clear what that critical variable is, size of the animal may play a role.
在对100名年龄在100岁至104岁的老人的调查中发现，23%的人认为，信念比基因和医学疗养更有益于长寿。
In a survey of 100 people between the ages of 100 and 104, 23 percent said faith rather than genes and good medical care were responsible for their long life.
所以有长寿的基因使人们结婚？
关键是，在已知变异基因方面，长寿与控制变量组之间并无差异。
Importantly, there was no difference in the presence of known disease-associated gene variants between the longevity and control groups.
通过对一组平均年龄为97岁的人的研究，研究人员发现这些长寿者均遗传了一种看似能防止细胞老龄化的基因。
Researchers studying a group of people with an average age of 97 found they had all inherited a gene that appears to prevent cells ageing.
这有一组基因，如果一个人拥有他们，他就既可能结婚，也可能长寿，所以这里，一个人引起两件事，而不是一件引起另一件。
So there is one set of genes if a man has them he is both likely to get married and he is likely to live longer so there is one common cause for two things rather than one thing causes the other.
科学家在一群厄瓜多尔人身上发现了一种罕见的基因突变，有望据此揭开长寿的谜底。
Scientists have discovered a group of people in Ecuador with a rare gene mutation that could reveal ways to extend the human life span.
科学家们一直在寻求破解健康长寿的基因密码。
Scientists have long sought to crack the genetic code of healthy aging.
珀尔斯说，成功预测长寿与否的关键，在于精密地统计分析具有不同作用的基因种类。
Perls says the key to successfully predicting long life was the sophisticated statistical analysis of many different gene variations that each played some role.
总有一天，数据会带来基因测试的进展，从而可预测一个人是否能预期长寿，并对衰老相关疾病防治的干预措施提供指导。
And one day the data might lead to the development of genetic tests to predict whether a person can expect to live into old age as well as guide intervention efforts to prevent age-related illness.
他最近在基因方面的发现支持这一理论：最为长寿的老人发生某些特定疾病的几率之所以比普通老人更低，上述的19个基因的显著影响是至关重要的。
His current genetic findings support that theory: the 19 most common genetic profiles that distinguished the exceptionally long-lived appear to be correlated with lower incidence of certain diseases.
下一步将是测序部分候选基因，以找出长寿相关的变异。
The next step will be to sequence some of the candidate genes in order to figure out what the longevity-linked variants do.
令人惊奇的是，研究者发现，约有百分之十五的控制变量研究对象也拥有与长寿相关的基因签名。
Surprisingly, the researchers found that approximately 15 percent of control subjects also had the genetic signature associated with longevity.
很多冲绳人拥有一种有助于避免发炎和自体免疫反应的遗传因子；然而，基因对于长寿只有百分之十到百分之五十的贡献。
Many Okinawans share a genetic factor that helps prevent inflammation and autoimmune reactions; however, genes can only account for 10 to 50 percent of longevity.
最后，当研究者重新恢复变异果蝇的二氧化碳受体基因时，变异果蝇就不再比正常果蝇长寿了。
Finally, when the researchers restored the gene for the CO2 receptor back into mutant lines of flies, the flies lived no longer than their normal Cousins.
研究人员遇到的挑战是如何找出那些不仅有助于延长寿命而且对健康长寿特别有益的基因。
The challenge for researchers is to identify those genes that contribute not just to longevity but to healthy longevity in particular.
作为一名老年病学研究人员，珀尔斯研究过许多对长寿有影响的因素，而且他还是承认长寿不可能仅与基因有关的第一人。
As a geriatric researcher, Perls has studied many factors that contribute to longevity, and he is the first to acknowledge that living longer isn't likely to be simply a matter of genes.
作为一名老年病学研究人员，珀尔斯研究过许多对长寿有影响的因素，而且他还是承认长寿不可能仅与基因有关的第一人。
As a geriatric researcher, Perls has studied many factors that contribute to longevity, and he is the first to acknowledge that living longer isn't likely to be simply a matter of genes.
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