Aging is a biological process in which the body loses viability and becomes frail. Old age is the most prominent risk factor for many diseases. The older we get, the greater the risk of getting diseases such as cancer, dementia and cardiovascular diseases.
If we can slow down the pace of the aging process, more elderly people will be able to stay healthy. More people may then enjoy good health in their old age than what is the case today. In addition to the benefit for people, this may have large positive impact on society.
A new study shows that it may be possible to achieve just that.
“We have found that we can slow down the rate of aging and increase the health and function in animal models as they grow older. Conceptually, this is very interesting,” Hilde Loge Nilsen says.
She is a researcher and Head of Department at the Department of Microbiology at the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oslo.
Read the article on the website of the Institute of Clinical Medicine.