More and more people are living past age 100 and it’s all about healthy living— and genetics. The Boston University School of Medicine New England Centenarian Study (NECS) has the largest collection ...

Supercentenarians are rare people who have reached the age of 110 and remain fit. Amazingly, many of them never get sick, despite having some bad health habits in some cases. Scientists say it all ...

In the most detailed genomic study ever conducted of individuals over the age of 100 years, researchers have homed in on several particular genetic characteristics that seem to confer protection from ...

Léo R. Belzile's research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and IVADO. HEC Montréal provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR.

If there is a fountain of youth out there (or at least longevity), it’s probably somewhere in Brazil. Three Brazilian supercentenarians survived COVID-19 in 2020 before vaccination was available.

A Viewpoint published in Genomic Psychiatry by Dr. Mayana Zatz and colleagues at the Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center, University of São Paulo, examines why Brazil represents one of the most ...

Brazilian research team investigates protective factors in extraordinary people who survived COVID-19 without vaccines and remained independent past age 110 The Brazilian supercentenarians had no ...

Dr. Mayana Zatz and colleagues at the University of São Paulo present ongoing genomic studies of a unique cohort including validated supercentenarians and former holders of world longevity records, ...