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104-year-old Helen Reichert (standing, left, aged 9) with her sister and brother.
Helen Reichert is depicted (standing, left) at age nine, with her sister and brother. She is currently 104 years old, and all her siblings achieved exceptional longevity, accompanied by relatively good physical and mental health. Because neither Helen nor her siblings chose particularly healthful lifestyles (Helen has been smoking since age 18), their survival may be attributed to special longevity-assurance genes, according to research reported in this issue of PLoS Biology. See Atzmon et al.
Image Credit: Photograph provided by Keane family
Citation: (2006) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 4(4) April 2006. PLoS Biol 4(4): ev04.i04. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v04.i04
Published: April 25, 2006
Copyright: © 2006 Keane Family. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Helen Reichert is depicted (standing, left) at age nine, with her sister and brother. She is currently 104 years old, and all her siblings achieved exceptional longevity, accompanied by relatively good physical and mental health. Because neither Helen nor her siblings chose particularly healthful lifestyles (Helen has been smoking since age 18), their survival may be attributed to special longevity-assurance genes, according to research reported in this issue of PLoS Biology. See Atzmon et al.
Image Credit: Photograph provided by Keane family