Leonard Hayflick, former President of the American Geriatrics Society and founding member of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), passed away on August 1, 2024, at the age of 96

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Hayflick once referred to himself as a frontrunner in the longevity game: “First, I did not develop any chronic age-related diseases until I was 94; second, my mother lived to the age of 106. Even my genes are on my side.”

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