What Makes ‘SuperAgers’ Stay Healthy For So Long?

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Scientists are looking to recruit 10,000 people over age 95 to study how their genes may contribute to longer, healthier lives.

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0:00.0	Listen to support it, WNYC Studios.
0:07.0	What are the factors that make it possible to live to nearly 100?
0:17.0	Lifestyle alone is not sufficient to get people to 95 or 100 in good health.
0:25.0	It's Tuesday, October 15th, and you're listening to Science Friday.
0:30.0	I'm Scifry producer Shishana Bucksbown.
0:33.0	A lucky few will live past their 95th birthdays, all while staying cognitively sharp and free of
0:39.2	major health complications.
0:41.4	They're called Super-Aers. Researchers are working to figure out some of the genetic
0:46.2	factors behind these super-ageers longevity and how that might help the rest of the population
0:52.0	live longer and healthier lives. Here's
0:54.7	IRA with more. Joining me now is a researcher leading an ambitious project with the
0:59.4	goal of studying 10,000 super-agersers and also one of the studies participants.
1:06.2	Dr. Sophia Millman, Director of Human Longevity Studies at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1:10.6	based in New York.
1:11.6	Welcome to Science Friday.
1:12.8	Glad to be here.
1:14.8	Nice to have you.
1:15.8	And Sally Frolic, a 95 year old New York resident and study participant.
1:20.6	Welcome to Science Friday. Thank you, welcome.
1:23.0	Nice to have you.
1:25.0	Dr. Millman, let's start with the basics.
1:27.0	How do you define someone who is a super-ageer?
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