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Human Longevity: Thomas Caskey

Nov 13, 2019

Human Longevity has appointed Thomas Caskey as chief medical officer. Caskey is a professor of molecular and human genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine, and is board-certified in internal medicine, medical genetics, and molecular genetics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Royal Society of Canada and the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science. He is also past president of the American Society of Human Genetics and the Human Genome Organization. 

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