Cognitive decline due to ageing can be reversed in mice – here’s what the new study means for humans – The Conversation UK

The ageing global population is the greatest challenge faced by 21st-century healthcare systems. Even COVID-19 is, in a sense, a disease of ageing. The risk of death from the virus roughly doubles for every nine years of life, a pattern that is almost identical to a host of other illnesses. But why are old people vulnerable to so many different things?
It turns out that a major hallmark of the ageing process in many mammals is inflammation. By that, I dont mean intense local response we typically…

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