Peres Gene

Researchers try to find the ‘Peres Gene’

Israeli scientists aim to crack the code that keeps the president youthful and focused

Israeligenetic researchers are planning to map the DNA of President Shimon Peres to discover which gene is responsible for what they call the president’s extraordinary longevity and mental clarity.

In hopes of finding what they have dubbed the “Shimon Peres Gene,” researchers in the GGA laboratory in the Golan Heights collected a saliva sample from the president on Monday.

Dr. Yoram Plotzky told Army Radio that it will take three months for the researchers to compile the full genome, and then the team will attempt to identify the particular sequence which is responsible for Peres’s unique qualities.

Peres, 88, reportedly agreed to the experiment without hesitation, telling the scientists, “The risk is yours.”