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Darwin discovered the gene for Werner's syndrome, a genetically determined aging syndrome caused by a recessive, single-gene mutation. The syndrome is associated with an increase in carcinomas, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and diabetes.

Darwin believes the gene may be the first to have been discovered through large-scale sequencing. The company identified the region on chromosome 8 where the gene is located and sequenced that region, which comprised more than 600,000 base pairs of DNA. ...