Do YOU have the younger gene? Scientists identify genetic recipe that knocks years off your age – and you’re twice as likely to have it if you are black

• One in ten white and a fifth of black people have the young gene type
• Researchers believe it leaves people looking up to 10 years younger
• Could explain why some celebrities appear far younger than their age
• Harvard-led study looked at nearly one million people 

A ‘younger gene’ has been identified by scientists with black people twice as likely to have it than their white counterparts.

Harvard scientists led a study involving almost one million people with private genetic database 23andMe and found one in ten white and a fifth of black Americans carry the ‘genetic recipe’ for youthful skin.

Researchers working on Olay’s largest ever study, believe its presence can result in people looking up to 10 years younger than they actually are.

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Source: Daily Mail