Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is an international association of researchers from various gerontological disciplines, best known for verifying and validating the age of so-called supercentenarians - people who are at least 110 years old - and for researching the causes of their longevity . At the same time, research is being carried out into the extent to which the human aging process can be slowed down or reversed.
The GRG was founded in 1990 by L. Stephen Coles (1941–2014) and Stephen M. Kaye. The GRG's original institution, the LA-GRG, is based at the University of California in Los Angeles .
In addition to the life data verified by its own members and volunteers, the GRG has also taken on verifications of other scientific studies for its lists of the oldest people. In contrast to other scientific data collections, such as the International Database of Longevity, which are not publicly available, the GRG also endeavors to make the data and findings on longevity available to a wider public. However, the data of the approximately 2000 supercentenarians listed on GRG are not considered to be conclusive. The organization assumes that there are a large number of other people around the world who have reached the age of at least 110 years and have not yet been discovered or whose life data cannot be adequately documented. Invalidations or re-validations by the GRG - most recently, for example , the cases of Shigechiyo Izumi , Carrie White or Kamato Hongo from the Guinness Book of Records - occur every now and then when age information is refuted as incorrect by further research or substantiated with considerable doubts .
The Guinness Book of Records is advised today on its oldest human categories by GRG member Robert D. Young.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rachel Nuwer: Keeping Track of the Oldest People in the World . Smithsonion.com. July 4, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ↑ Gayle White: Supercentenarians giving researchers clues on longevity . In: Chicago Tribune , February 8, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ L. Stephen Coles dies at 73; studied extreme aging in humans in the Los Angeles Times on December 4, 2014
- ↑ Emily Inouye: Research group tracks oldest-living people. , Daily Bruin . June 10, 2004. Accessed February 7, 2015.
- ^ International Database on Longevity
- ^ The International Database on Longevity: Structure and contents
- ↑ Guinness World Records 2017. ISBN 9781910561348 , p. 253. Limited preview in Google book search