UT Health Sciences News: Landmark Aging Study by UT Health Sciences Researcher Published in Nature

A University of Tennessee Health Sciences researcher has published findings that could reshape how medicine approaches aging, longevity and late-life health, including the prospect of personalized interventions that keep people healthier longer.

Rob Williams, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics in the College of Medicine, is the lead author on a new study published in Nature titled "Dynamics of genetic and somatic trade-offs in ageing and mortality." The research identifies specific genetic regions that influence a person's risk of death at particular stages of life, a significant departure from how longevity research has traditionally been conducted.

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