Topic - Gerontology Research Group

The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) was started in either 1990 or 1992, and is a global egroup of researchers in gerontology, some of who also meet monthly at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. As the name suggests, the primary function of the group is to further gerontology research, with the objective of reversing or retarding aging. Its most notable activity, though, is its tracking of supercentenarians (people aged at least 110). - Source: Wikipedia

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