What We Might Learn From the Immune Systems of Centenarians (opens in new tab)

In the matter of treating aging as a medical condition, emulating centenarians is not good enough; these survivors to advanced old age are still greatly impacted by aging, are frail and vulnerable, with high mortality rates. Nonetheless, the study of centenarian biochemistry might tell us something about which aspects of aging are more or less important than others. For example, see this review of what is known of the immune systems of centenarians. That there are noteworthy differences in im...