{"id":1138,"date":"2017-08-01T23:53:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T21:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2017-08-03T17:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T15:00:29","slug":"bayesian-gwas-lifespan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/2017\/08\/bayesian-gwas-lifespan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayesian GWAS: Lifespan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The answer to how long each of us will live is partly encoded in our genome. We have identified 16 genetic markers associated with a decreased lifespan, including 14 new to science. This is the largest set of markers of lifespan uncovered to date. About 10% of the population carries some configurations of these markers that shorten their life by over a year compared with the population average. Spearheaded by us in collaboration with scientists from the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, the University of Lausanne and the EPFL, the study provides a powerful computational framework to uncover the genetics of our time of death, and ultimately of any disease. The study was published on 27 July in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/ncomms15842\"><em>Nature Communications<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.swiss\/about-us\/news\/1060-the-16-genetic-markers-that-can-cut-a-life-story-short\">Full SIB Media release<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdg.ch\/savoirs\/sciences\/egaux-face-esperance-vie\/story\/29105203\">Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/biological-breakthrough_researchers-identify-16-genetic-markers-linked-to-lifespan\/43365902\">SwissInfo<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.24heures.ch\/savoirs\/sciences\/Pas-tous-egaux-face-a-l-esperance-de-vie\/story\/29105203\">24 heures<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lematin.ch\/sante\/sciences\/egaux-face-esperance-vie\/story\/29105203\">Le Matin<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/files\/2017\/08\/LeMatinInterview.png\">Le Matin (interview)<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.20min.ch\/ro\/news\/science\/story\/Pas-tous-egaux-face-a-l-esperance-de-vie-26429730\">20 minutes<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/derstandard.at\/2000061877359\/Studie-bringt-16-Genvarianten-mit-verkuerzter-Lebensdauer-in-Verbindung\">Der Standard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdmag.com\/news\/2017\/07\/16-genetic-markers-can-shorten-life-span\">R&amp;D Magazine<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/07\/170727105146.htm\">Science Daily<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Health_News\/2017\/07\/27\/New-genetic-markers-discovered-that-shorten-lifespan\/1511501184126\/\">UPI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The answer to how long each of us will live is partly encoded in our genome. We have identified 16 genetic markers associated with a decreased lifespan, including 14 new &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":970,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-non-classe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}