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Polish Centenarians Programme. Multidisciplinary studies of successful ageing: aims, methods, and preliminary results
Malgorzata Mossakowska1, Maria Barcikowska, Katarzyna Broczek
1International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland. malgosia@iimcb.gov.pl
Abstract:
Studies of centenarians as a model of successful ageing may help identify various environmental, social, psychological, and genetic factors supporting longevity. The scientific aims of the programme were to assess health status and environmental determinants of ageing of Polish centenarians, and to collect biological material for studying selected aspects of longevity, including genetic factors. The social aim of the project was to bring public attention to ageing of the population, as well as living conditions of elderly individuals. The intention of the authors of this paper is to present aims, scope, methods and preliminary results of the Polish Centenarians Programme, as well as to provide potential new partners for studying various aspects of longevity and ageing with the information about available materials collected during the programme. In this study, 346 subjects aged 100+ were visited, biological material was collected from 285 subjects, and 153 lymphocyte cell lines were immortalized.
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