{"id":1338,"date":"2023-06-20T10:16:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T14:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/?page_id=1338"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:32:16","slug":"radco","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/radco\/","title":{"rendered":"RADCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"750\" height=\"15\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/radco\/\"><strong>RADCO<br \/>\nHome<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/radostudyaims\/\"><strong>Study<br \/>\nAims<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/?page_id=1354&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Investigators<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/?page_id=1357&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Media<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/?page_id=1359&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Inquiries<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/radcobraindonation\/\"><strong>Brain<br \/>\nDonation<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/centenarian\/files\/2023\/06\/RADCO_color.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"193\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1371 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Para Espa\u00f1ol, presiona<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenario\/radco\/\">AQU\u00cd<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/files\/2026\/04\/Newsletter-Spring-2026_02APR2026_RADCO-Insert_FINAL.pdf\">SEE OUR NEWEST RADCO FLYER!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Resilience\/Resistance against Alzheimer\u2019s Disease in Centenarians &amp; Offspring (RADCO) is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/\">National Institute on Aging<\/a> funded study (<a href=\"https:\/\/reporter.nih.gov\/search\/GmhstH7-Z0y_hwlGrtqsiQ\/project-details\/10532568\">U19-AG073172<\/a>) with project start and end dates of 2022 to 2026.<\/p>\n<p>RADCO\u2019s goal is to characterize cognitive resilience or brain resistance to cognitive decline and Alzheimer\u2019s in order to discover the underlying and and hopefully translatable biological mechanisms that enable <strong>centenarian cognitive superagers<\/strong> to maintain cognitive function similar to people thirty years younger. Our recent addition of Georgia State University markedly enriches the study sample with Black and African-American participants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment1377\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment1377\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/centenarian\/files\/2023\/06\/tom-herlda-449x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-1377 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/files\/2023\/06\/tom-herlda-449x300.png 449w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/centenarian\/files\/2023\/06\/tom-herlda.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment1377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herlda Senhouse, 112 years old, and Dr. Tom Perls, 62 years old, sharing a laugh. 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