Longo's research led him first to a particular type of genetic mutation and ultimately to the mountains of southern Ecuador to study people with Laron syndrome.
朗格首先发现了一种特殊的基因变异,然后顺藤摸瓜,找到了厄瓜多尔南部山区的一群有莱伦氏综合症的人。
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You might expect all this protection would allow the small people in Ecuador to live longer than their taller relatives, Longo says. But that's not what he found.
你可能以为这些厄瓜多尔的小个子比他们的高个亲戚长寿,但事情没那么简单,朗格说。
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According to the director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California, Valter Longo, he believes that specific diets can help people live longer.