Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

The 60% That's Ours

Daily Chase #259

May 20, 2026
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Scientists compared the DNA of people who lived past 80 without chronic disease with that of people the same age who had two or more. They expected to find a genetic edge — some inherited advantage that explained why one group thrived while the other declined.

As Dr. Jordan Metzl told us, they didn’t find one. The genome…

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