Today marks Maria Branyas Morera’s 117th birthday. Scientists are hopeful that the Spanish retiree may help them discover the keys to a long life. In 1907, Ms. Morera was born in San Francisco, during a second outbreak of the bubonic plague. After her father, Josep, became ill in 1915, during the First World War, theContinue reading “Maria Branyas Morera, 117, Is The World’s Oldest Person. The Secrets Of Long Life May Be Discovered By A Spanish Pensioner”