Supplements / medicine · 11 Sept 2026
Scientists find signs of extreme aging and youth in the same 117-year-old
Source: ScienceDaily
What the research found
Study (case multi-omics). Manel Esteller, Eloy Santos-Pujol and colleagues at the Josep Carreras Institute report in Cell Reports Medicine a genomic, proteomic, epigenomic, metabolomic, and microbiome snapshot of Maria Branyas, who lived past 117. Biology showed both extreme-age signals (very short telomeres, aged B cells) and protective features (low inflammation, bifidobacteria-dominant gut, younger epigenetic age, neuro- and cardioprotective genetic traits). One supercentenarian is not a lifestyle protocol. Educational longevity notes, not a supplement plan.
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