| National Institute on Aging Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging |
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| The Founders The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging |
| The National Institute on Aging supports the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), America's longest-running scientific study of human aging, begun in 1958. BLSA scientists are learning what happens as people age and how to sort out changes due to aging from those due to disease or other causes. More than 1,400 men and women are study volunteers. They range in age from their 20s to their 90s. |
| Any adequate description of the BLSA must include biographies of the three remarkable men who brought it into existence. These three - Nathan W. Shock, Arthur H. Norris, and William W. Peter - brought to the study unusual vision, persistence, and commitment to scientific excellence. |
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