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Medical research: Treat ageing

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By 2050, the number of people over the age of 80 will triple globally. These demographics could come at great cost to individuals and economies. Two groups describe how research in animals and humans should be refocused to find ways to delay the onset of frailty.

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  1. Luigi Fontana is professor of medicine and nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and at Brescia University, Italy.,

    Luigi Fontana

  2. Brian K. Kennedy is director of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California, USA.,

    Brian K. Kennedy

  3. Valter D. Longo is director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA.,

    Valter D. Longo

  4. Douglas Seals is professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado, USA.,

    Douglas Seals

  5. Simon Melov is director of genomics at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California, USA.,

    Simon Melov

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