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AFAR Experts in the News: Austad, Barzilai, and Pearls on Centenarians, Immune Health, and Healthspan in HealthDay

AFAR Experts in the News: Austad, Barzilai, and Pearls on Centenarians, Immune Health, and Healthspan in HealthDay

On April 6, 2023, HealthDay published the article "Immune System May Hold Secret to Living to 100." AFAR Senior Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, and Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD, lent insights. Also featured is AFAR grantee Tom Perls, MD, MPH who is Co-investigator of the AFAR SuperAgers Family Study.

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AFAR's new SuperAgers Initiative aims to discover the scientific basis of exceptional longevity. Its centerpiece is the SuperAgers Family Study, which hopes to enlisting 10,000 people 95 and older along with their family members – the largest group ever assembled to explore the biological and genetic underpinnings of exceptional longevity. Explore more perspectives about and by SuperAgers here.

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