Fly gene age clue.BOFFINS have found a gene in the humble fruit fly that could help unlock the secrets of human ageing. Mutation in the gene WRN WRN Werner Syndrome WRN World Radio Network WRN Women's Rights Network WRN White Rock Networks WRN Wavelength-Routed Network WRN Women's Rabbinic Network WRN Wideband Radio Networking WRN Wind and Residual Noise is responsible for Werner's Syndrome, which causes people to age rapidly. Scientists know how the gene mutation Noun 1. gene mutation - (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene point mutation genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms works in a test tube but can now study its effects in fruit flies, as the new gene works the same way. Dr Lynne Cox of Oxford University said: "We can model ageing in a powerful experimental system." Fruit flies share 60 per cent of human genes. |
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