Brazilian sisters over 100 studied for longevity clues
Posted by dominic539 in Research & News - 1 points, 0 comments.
Reuters ran a piece about scientists studying three Brazilian sisters, all centenarians, looking for what keeps them going past 100. The researchers are doing genetic and metabolic work, trying to figure out if there is something protective in their biology that regular people don't have.
For me this is the kind of longevity stuff I want to see more of, not another supplement roundup. Real people, real data, and the fact that they are Brazilian makes me proud, no? But I stay skeptical until I see the actual study. "Clues" can mean a lot of things, and centenarians are a weird group because they survived everything already, smoking, bad food, whatever. Hard to know what actually caused the longevity.
Has anyone here seen the underlying paper? Curious if they are looking at inflammation markers or something more specific like telomere stuff.
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