Alvin
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
...We’re starting to understand more about Werner syndrome, a genetic disorder that makes people age too quickly. Could treating it help us all age more slowly?
Horvath’s team analyzed blood cells from 18 people with Werner syndrome. It was as if the methylation marking was happening on fast forward: The cells had an epigenetic age notably higher than those from a control group without Werner.
https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/werner-syndrome-speeds-up-aging-search-for-a-cure.html