SAN FRANCISCO: Aging Ashkenazi Jewish women who live long, healthy lives could hold the key to immortality.
Albert Einstein College endocrinologist Dr. Nir Barzilai made the discovery while researching longevity. He is studying what he calls ‘SuperBubbes,’ a group of women who generally live into their 90s without exhibiting aging symptoms, such as heart disease and diabetes.
Barzilai believes that ‘SuperBubbes’ age slower because of a unique genetic variation…