PhD student Harry Jones writes about why C. elegans are used in ageing research
An ageing population poses a major challenge to our society as this also increases the risk of many diseases such as heart disease, neurodegeneration, and cancer. If we could reverse ageing, that could have a huge impact on preventing age-related diseases and increasing our healthy lifespan. But is reversing ageing even possible? Here post-doc Diljeet Gill shares some of his latest work that is taking us one step closer to achieving this goal.
Group Leader Geoff Butcher muses on his recent visit to a local community group to talk about ageing research at the Babraham Institute.