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Prof. Atzmon in his laboratory. Source: Courtesy of Haifa University.

A genetic mutation was found that contributes to longevity in men

The research students Roy Avraham (third from the right) and Aldeme Shoshana-Chen (second from the right) and Prof. Yordan collaborated with Ohad Manor (first from the right) and with Dr. Eran Segal (Computer Science and Applied Mathematics), Dr. Reot Shelgi and Prof. Yitzhak Pepper (Molecular Genetics), Gabi Tersik and Dr. Yara Tsong (Biological Control), Noa Busel (fourth from the right) and Amit Tzizel from Prof. Eitan Domani's group (Physics of Complex Systems), all at the Weizmann Institute of Science; Israel Steinfeld and Prof. Zohar Yachini from the Technion , Dr. Ido Amit from MIT and Harvard University, Dr. Aspen Anerli, Dr. Hega Rosens and Prof. Ann-Lise Borsen-Dale from the University of Oslo, and Dr. Francesca Biagoni, Dr. Marcella Motulza, Dr. Sabrina Strano and Prof. Giovanni Blandino from the Regina Elena Cancer Institute in Rome

An obstacle to cancer