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Misao Okawa (born on March 5, 1898) and her relatives: she is a Japanese supercentenarian who is, at the age of 116 years, the world's oldest living person; she married in 1919, has three children, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, and now lives in Osaka. Image credit: © Guinness World Records.

Scientists Sequence Genomes of 17 World’s Oldest Living People

Nov 18, 2014 by News Staff

U.S. genetic researchers led by Dr Stuart Kim of Stanford University have sequenced the genomes of 17 supercentenarians to see if they could uncover the...