A study, published this week in Molecular Psychiatry, finds the genetic basis of a poorly understood phenomenon. Mood and stress are known to contribute to shortened lifespans, and researchers may now have identified the genes that are involved.
A team from Indiana University School of Medicine and the Scripps Research Institute, CA, conducted a multifaceted project investigating the genetic basis of premature aging in response to stress and psychiatric illness.
Using human participants and Caenorhabditis elegans, one of planet Earth's most-studied worms, the researchers delved into this intractable question.
They managed to identify a raft of genes that seem to control the impact of mood and stress responses on the longevity of an organism.
An in-depth study charts the genetics involved in the shortening of life in
response to mood and stress.
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Source: medicalnewstoday
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