Stanford researchers uncover link between two ageing pathways in mice
Friday, January 9, 2009 - 10:14
in Health & Medicine
Two previously identified pathways associated with ageing in mice are connected, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding reinforces what researchers have recently begun to suspect: that the age-related degeneration of tissues, organs and, yes, even facial skin with which we all struggle is an active, deliberate process rather than a gradual failure of tired cells. Derailing or slowing this molecular betrayal, although still far in the future, may enable us to one day tack years onto our lives - or at least delay the appearance of that next wrinkle...