New Delhi: In a world where heart diseases and lifestyle disorders like type-2 diabetes are on the rise, only a few manage to live to be 100. Amid this, a woman called Maria Branyas managed to enter the centenarian club by living to be 117 years before passing away in 2024. And this has fascinated scientists a great deal, leaving them curious as to what factors could have contributed to her extraordinarily long life span. Before she died in 2024, she was the world’s oldest living person; she also volunteered to contribute samples of her blood, urine, saliva, and stool for a study.

Taking this, a team of researchers from the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute in Barcelona, examined her physiological and genetic makeup, which uncovered clues about her long and healthy life. Resear

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