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SUMMARY:Towards Ageing Well: Nature\, Nurture and Epigenetics - Dr Irene M
 aeve Rea\, Queens University Belfast and Belfast City Hospital\, Belfast\,
  United Kingdom
DTSTART:20170222T174500Z
DTEND:20170222T181500Z
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CONTACT:Ilana Spilka
DESCRIPTION:Today we recognise increasing numbers of nonagenarians in popu
 lations globally. However the factors which contribute to good quality age
 ing remain challenging. Do nonagenarians have special genes or have they i
 ntuitively adopted particular life styles or do they show combinations of 
 both?\nEpigenetics has been considered the missing link between nature and
  nurture. Although there is much that remains to be discovered\, in this s
 ession some of the genetic and environmental factors which appear importan
 t in good quality longevity will be linked with known epigenetic mechanism
 s\, and to the insights identified by nonagenarians themselves\, as import
 ant to their good quality ageing. \nHere we suggest that exceptional 90-ye
 ar old siblings from the BELFAST and Genetics of Healthy Ageing (GeHA) EU 
 project\, have adopted a range of behaviours and life-styles which have co
 ntributed to their ageing-well-phenotype. Their insights about physical ex
 ercise\, diet and good social networks resonate with today’s public heal
 th messages about setting a good life course.
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