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SUBMITTER: Balistreri CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3402998 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Balistreri Carmela R CR Candore Giuseppina G Accardi Giulia G Bova Manuela M Buffa Silvio S Bulati Matteo M Forte Giusi I GI Listì Florinda F Martorana Adriana A Palmeri Marisa M Pellicanò Mariavaleria M Vaccarino Loredana L Scola Letizia L Lio Domenico D Colonna-Romano Giuseppina G
Immunity & ageing : I & A 20120423 1
The demographic and social changes of the past decades have determined improvements in public health and longevity. So, the number of centenarians is increasing as a worldwide phenomenon. Scientists have focused their attention on centenarians as optimal model to address the biological mechanisms of "successful and unsuccessful ageing". They are equipped to reach the extreme limits of human life span and, most importantly, to show relatively good health, being able to perform their routine daily ...[more]