Worldwide, the number of old people is increasing rapidly, so finding ways to keep age-related diseases at bay is an urgent task. Owing to a growing understanding of the processes that underlie ageing, there is hope that, at some time in the future, elderly people will be kept healthy by suppressing the ageing process itself.
This podcast from Nature includes:
Longevity biology
Certain genes and pathways are crucial to the ageing process, and can extend life when tweaked
Our ageing society
The world’s population is ageing – but with what effect on our lifestyles?
Affording an older population
How the UK government is balancing the old books
Ageing in the brain
What’s the difference between normal ageing and disorders of ageing? How does the brain regulate ageing in the body?
Source: Nature
