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LOCATION: PVT Resource Center, Ground Floor, PVT Building, 29 Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown.
DESCRIPTION:Using the biology of ageing to maintain human health and preventing bacteria from ageing us.
<br />Ageing populations result in economic and social challenges that are getting worse. One solution is to keep people healthier for longer. However, while the biology of ageing has made considerable progress it has not yet benefitted humans. I will discuss how to change that and my own research on how bacteriacan influence ageing. The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans is a very amenable model for ageing. We have found that the E. coli that the worm liveson can be manipulated with genetics or drugs to slow ageing, suggesting a mechanism by which bacteria accelerate ageing. I will discuss how we might use this finding to improve human health.
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<br /><p>Ageing populations result in economic and social challenges that are getting worse. One solution is to keep people healthier for longer. However, while the biology of ageing has made considerable progress it has not yet benefitted humans. I will discuss how to change that and my own research on how bacteria<br />can influence ageing. The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans is a very amenable model for ageing. We have found that the E. coli that the worm lives<br />on can be manipulated with genetics or drugs to slow ageing, suggesting a mechanism by which bacteria accelerate ageing. I will discuss how we might use this finding to improve human health.</p>
SUMMARY:IDORI Seminar
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