Longevity Genes Project News Today

Experts say 'age is a number, not a quality' -- even for the president

Most people want to live that long a life if their physical and mental functions are intact.

(JTA) — Louise Levy, who was the oldest living resident of New York State and a participant in a genetic study of long-living Ashkenazi Jews, died July 17 in Greenwich, Connecticut. She was 112.  “Throughout her long life, which spanned two global pandemics, she remained a lady in every sense of the word,” her family […]

While we in India may fret at the idea of any very elderly couples (my uncle is 96) staying all by themselves with just weekly calls and occasional visits from their only daughter and grandson, there is no doubt that their compulsory activity has kept their minds and bodies limber.

Levy was the oldest living resident of New York State and one of hundreds of Jews 95 and older recruited in 1998 for a genetic study of long-living Ashkenazi Jews

The Longevity Genes Project aims to explore the “good” genes that allow people to live well into the triple digits.

She was one of hundreds of people, all of them Ashkenazi Jews, whose good health and cognitive ability at extreme old age were the subject of genetic research.

Louise Levy, along with hundreds of others 95 and older was part of a study to understand how their genetic makeup led to their good physical and cognitive health during extremely long lives.

Positive emotional expressions, such as smiling and optimism are the closest evidence to longevity.