America's Oldest Person Just Turned 116 – Here's What Science Says About How to Live That Long
Researchers say genes may explain up to 50% of lifespan differences, while Whitehead’s birthday drew about 80 to 90 relatives and guests.
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Naomi Whitehead lived to be 116, but her story is not just an exceptional number, as recent research reveals how genes, lifestyle, and environment intertwine in the making of longevity, and why the secret of centenarians still lacks a single, sure recipe.
America's Oldest Person Just Turned 116 – Here's What Science Says About How to Live That Long
Naomi Whitehead on her 114th birthday in 2024. (Superlongevity Wiki) Exceptional.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
Naomi Whitehead has just crossed a historic course by celebrating her one hundred and sixteenth anniversary. A deyenne of the United States, she is one of the thirty-three listed individuals who have reached such an age. Born in 1910, she saw science shift from total ignorance of DNA to advanced genetic mastery. Current research now reveals that our science is enlightening the secrets of longevity at the dawn of the one hundred and sixteen years…
American Naomi Whitehead celebrated her 116th birthday. Scientists are investigating what is behind extreme longevity and what role genes play in it.
Naomi Whitehead became only the thirty-third person in history to live to that age.
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