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Back|How old can we get – and how do we stay healthy?
How old can we get – and how do we stay healthy?
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Handelsblatt·6 hours ago·Science·1 min read·🇩🇪Germany·

How old can we get – and how do we stay healthy?

Interview with Cologne aging researcher Björn Schumacher about biological age and the secrets of fit centenarians.

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In an interview, Cologne aging researcher Björn Schumacher explains why some centenarians stay fit well into old age and what significance biological age has for age-related diseases.

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Scientists are researching the differences between actual and biological age and the causes of healthy aging.

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Frankfurt. How old can we get - and above all: how long can we stay healthy? The Cologne aging researcher Björn Schumacher is one of the scientists who want to get to the bottom of these questions. In the interview he explains why some centenarians stay fit almost until the end - and what we can learn from them.

The key keyword here is biological age, which often does not correspond to actual age, but can reveal a lot about how likely we are to develop age-related diseases.

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