People aged 110 and older have ‘unique’ immune cells that may help them live longer, says study

People who live to be 110 years old and beyond — known as supercentenarians — have a secret weapon in their immune system, and it may be one of the reasons why they’re able to live such long, healthy lives.

In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Japanese researchers collected blood samples from seven supercentenarians and five control participants (ranging from their 50s to their 80s), isolated and analyzed their immune cells and then compared the two groups.

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