Differences in the rate that genetic mutations accumulate in healthy young adults could help predict the remaining lifespan in both sexes and the remaining years of fertility in women, according to the University of Utah Health scientists.
Their study, believed to be the first of its kind, found that young adults who acquired fewer mutations over time lived about five years longer than those who acquired them more rapidly.
The researchers say the discovery could eventually lead to the development of interventions to slow the aging process.
