Scientists believe they may have found the secret to living to 100 and beyond

Scientists believe they may have found the secret to living past the age of 100.

To some, the thought of living into your hundreds is a dream, while for others, it's the complete opposite.

But it seems that 70 percent of American adults actually want to live to 100, a 2022 poll by Edward Jones and Age Wave of 11,000 people revealed.

"We assembled and analyzed what is, to our knowledge, the largest single-cell dataset of centenarian subjects that allowed us to define unique features of this population that support the identification of molecular and lifestyle factors contributing to their longevity," said senior author Stefano Monti, PhD, associate professor of medicine at the School of Medicine.

However, the study found that in all seven cases, there was a highly functioning immune system which helped them fight off and recover from many types of illnesses.

Their distinct composition of immune cells is what has kept them living for so long.

“The immune profiles that we observed in the centenarians confirms a long history of exposure to infections and capacity to recover from them and provide support to the hypothesis that centenarians are enriched for protective factors that increase their ability to recover from infections,” senior author Paola Sebastiani, director of Tufts’ Center for Quantitative Methods and Data Science, also said.

So to put it simply: a strong immune system = a long life.

"Heralded as the last mambabatok of her generation, she has imprinted the symbols of the Kalinga tribe signifying strength, bravery & beauty on the skin."

Whang-Od’s entire life is beautifully 'inscribed in her skin' from 'accomplishments to ailments and names of long-gone lovers'.

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