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Positive biology: the centenarian lesson

This collection reviews information on ageing and longevity to help understand the biological mechanisms of health and well-being. Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.

Guest editors: Calogero Caruso, MD, University of Palermo, Italy and Sonya Vasto, PHD, University of Palermo, Italy

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  3. The demographic and social changes of the past decades have determined improvements in public health and longevity. So, the number of centenarians is increasing as a worldwide phenomenon. Scientists have focus...

    Authors: Carmela R Balistreri, Giuseppina Candore, Giulia Accardi, Manuela Bova, Silvio Buffa, Matteo Bulati, Giusi I Forte, Florinda Listì, Adriana Martorana, Marisa Palmeri, Maria Valeria Pellicanò, Loredana Vaccarino, Letizia Scola, Domenico Lio and Giuseppina Colonna-Romano
    Citation: Immunity & Ageing 2012 9:8
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. The average life-span of the population of industrialized countries has improved enormously over the last decades. Despite evidence pointing to the role of food intake in modulating life-span, exceptional long...

    Authors: Anna Ferrario, Francesco Villa, Alberto Malovini, Fiorella Araniti and Annibale A Puca
    Citation: Immunity & Ageing 2012 9:7
    Content type: Review Published on:

  6. The extraordinary increase of the elderly in developed countries underscore the importance of studies on ageing and longevity and the need for the prompt spread of knowledge about ageing in order to satisfacto...

    Authors: Calogero Caruso, Giuseppe Passarino, Annibale Puca and Giovanni Scapagnini
    Citation: Immunity & Ageing 2012 9:5
    Content type: Editorial Published on: