Researchers open supercentenarian center

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http://news./s/ap/20061006/ap_on_he_me/studying_supercentenarians

It's estimated that there are about 300 people worldwide who are 110

years old or older, yet not all of those people have had their ages

verified through public documents. As of Wednesday, the foundation

reported that there were 76 people in the world — 66 women and 10 men

— who were verified to be 110 or older.

When someone reaches the age of 110, there is a 50 percent chance that

they will not reach the age of 111, said Dr. Doros Platika, the

foundation's chairman and CEO. Platika is stepping down later this

year from his job as head of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse,

a public-private partnership that supports the growth of regional life

sciences companies, to devote his time to raising money to fund the

Supercentenarian Research Foundation.