Reptiles, especially turtles, are noted for their extreme longevity.
And so Redgrave expressed his greatness though extreme longevity in the pack.
She found that 150 genetic variants were associated with extreme longevity.
It was a challenge to the whole gut-centered worldview on which his bid for extreme longevity rests.
If they do, he or she will be seeking a sample of DNA that might, eventually, help to reveal the genetic components of extreme longevity.
The Prince, heading into middle age, and with a family history of extreme longevity, was casting around for something to do.
Dr. Sebastiani said that "the problem should be limited to the top two SNPs," referring to the genetic variants the team found to be associated with extreme longevity.
These range from selecting the sex of children, to drugs that change the mind or improve athletic performance, to the various research projects that seek to tap the body's presumed capacity for extreme longevity.
When she returned to New York, the tree figured prominently in her travel stories, and soon she realized that Jomon Sugi presented a question that she could not shake: Was it alone in its extreme longevity?
This week's Personal Health column, on Page 6, is the first of two on extreme longevity -- what it takes, how to prepare for it, and why people like Mrs. Tuttle (upper left, below) are especially well suited for it.
The researchers, Paola Sebastiani and Dr. Thomas T. Perls of Boston University, wrote in Science last July that they had found 150 genetic variants that correlated with extreme longevity.
