Why helping people to age well is a new healthcare priority

Jul 15, 2021

An ageing couple walking hand-in-hand down a street

Scientists understand the biological mechanisms of ageing now more than ever. Image: Unsplash/Mark Timberlake

Andrew J Scott

Professor of Economics, London Business School

Martin Ellison

Professor of Economics, University of Oxford and Michael Cohen Fellow of Exeter College

David A. Sinclair

Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

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Prevalence of diseases in the United States by age Image: The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Probability of New Born in France Reaching Older Ages

Probability of a newborn in France living to 90 and beyond Image: Human Mortality Database: University of California, Berkeley (US) and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany).

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