ageing

cheese

Headlines screaming that aged cheese could be an aid to better ageing were based on a paper that didn't test the effects of cheese on ageing, writes Clare Collins.

David Sinclair

Science has traditionally tried to fight disease as the key to longer life. But what if the solution is to target the body’s ageing process itself?

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Tackling the challenges of the Asia-Pacific’s rapidly ageing population will be the focus of a new research hub launched today at UNSW.

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A new research hub to connect population ageing experts across the region will be launched at the Ageing in the Asia Pacific research symposium at UNSW next week.

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Tax hikes or pension cuts? UNSW researchers weigh up different approaches to funding the needs of Australia's ageing population.
 

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The human lifespan is too short and marred with ill health. But it doesn't have to be this way, two of the world's leading anti-ageing researchers have told a UNSW audience.

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Two of the world’s leading anti-ageing experts will use the 2014 UNSW Medicine Dean's Lecture to present technology and breakthroughs that will enable us to live longer, healthier lives.

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The retirement income system in Australia is a bridge part built. With the first baby boomers soon to retire, the challenges presented by population ageing will begin to crystallise, writes John Piggott.

UNIKEN Autumn

Could we one day live to 150 with the help of a pill? A new class of anti-ageing super drugs that targets 20 age-related diseases is on the horizon. Read the full story in the latest issue of Uniken.

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Drugs to help people live to 150 could be available within a decade, but the consequences of prolonged life will change Australia forever, experts have told a 1,000-strong audience at the 2011 Medicine Dean's Lecture.

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