Some people are more prone to aging and the emergence of diseases associated with aging than others. British scientists, having studied more than 500,000 genetic combinations, have found genes that can promote the acceleration of biological aging, according to an Internet publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35 Pannochka. Net According to one of the authors of the study, Professor of Cardiology Dr. Nilesh Samani from Leicester University, there are two forms of aging: chronological (aging in the traditional sense) and biological (in which individual cells are older or younger than their chronological age). The results of the study were published in a recent issue of the journal Nature Genetics.

There is now evidence that the risk of diseases associated with aging, including heart disease and certain cancers, is most closely related not to chronological but to biological age, researchers said.

Another co-author of the study, Dr. Dr. Tim Spector of King's College London, said that some people are "programmed" for faster aging. According to the genes, according to him, some people leading an impeccable lifestyle can grow old faster than those who are exposed to harmful effects of tobacco smoke, lead a sedentary lifestyle and are obese, and are biologically older and more prone to diseases associated with Aging.

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