Research continues on how some people age more healthily than others. The EU funded project AGEISM has provided some of the possible answers by looking at another long-lived mammal, the Asian elephant.
A range of factors have been discovered that influence ageing in long-lived mammals like ourselves. Researchers with the AGEISM project used innovative approaches and combined the study of senescence patterns with ageing mechanisms. The team also investigated how ageing processes interact with variations in lifelong health and stress status, as well as hormonal indications of stress in Asian elephants.
Further details: Senior elephants reveal the secrets of healthy ageing