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Centenarian blood tests give hints of the secrets to longevity

By Karin Modig, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet

Centenarians, once considered rare, have become commonplace. Indeed, they are the fastest-growing demographic group of the world’s population, with numbers roughly doubling every ten years since the 1970s.

How long humans can live, and what determines a long and healthy life, have been of interest for as long as we know. Plato and Aristotle discussed and wrote about the ageing process over 2,300 years ago.…

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