“Is ageing just a one way stream towards decline, disease and death, or can it be slowed or even reversed?” asks Anne Brunet from Stanford University. She says a combination of genetic and environmental factors may guard our brain from disease and help us live longer.
Author: Anne Brunet, PhD. is a full professor of genetics and the co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biology of Aging at Stanford University.
Image: People use wooden dumbbells during a health promotion event to mark Japan’s “Respect for the Aged Day”. REUTERS/Yuya Shino. RTR467JR
