Liam, sure don't we all crawl through land mine fields these days?
Sorry, can't get an answer on that 'Duke' of a question. My friend's team is close to identifying the gene relating to SADS so I thought she'd know if there was any biological proof from genetics that women live longer than men but she says "...I'm afraid it's not a question I can answer off the top of my head. I really don't know. There are lots of genes associated with ageing and mitochondrial genes are interesting, but it's a question that I would have to research, to find any kind of an answer..."
Sorry, can't get an answer on that 'Duke' of a question. My friend's team is close to identifying the gene relating to SADS so I thought she'd know if there was any biological proof from genetics that women live longer than men but she says "...I'm afraid it's not a question I can answer off the top of my head. I really don't know. There are lots of genes associated with ageing and mitochondrial genes are interesting, but it's a question that I would have to research, to find any kind of an answer..."