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Wat kunnen Ghanezen ons leren over gezond oud worden?
Universiteit van Nederland - De generatie die NU geboren wordt, heeft een grote kans hun 100-jarige verjaardag te kunnen vieren. Dan is het wel zo handig om die jaren zo vitaal mogelijk door te [...]
Pol Grootswagers – PhD Wageningen University & Research
Background Ageing research now seems to exist of two different disciplines: (1) slowing down / preventing ageing, and (2) improving quality of life of aged people. Sometimes, this leads to conflicting messages. For instance, [...]
3 Molecular Biology of Ageing Meeting – October 10 – 12, 2019 Groningen, The Netherlands
We are pleased to announce the 3rd Meeting on the Molecular Biology of Ageing that will take place from Thursday afternoon till Saturday Evening, October 10-12, 2019, in Groningen, The Netherlands. We cordially invite [...]
A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies multiple longevity genes
Human longevity is heritable, but genome-wide association (GWA) studies have had limited success. Here, we perform two meta-analyses of GWA studies of a rigorous longevity phenotype definition including 11,262/3484 cases surviving at or beyond [...]
Program annual meeting 2019
The program will be available at the end of September!
Blood-based biomarkers help to estimate vulnerability of the elderly
LUMC | August 20 - 2019 | PRESSRELEASE Researchers on ageing led by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have identified a combination of biomarkers in the blood which could help estimate the vulnerability of [...]
