Putting a strain on diversity

Colin Selman; William R. Swindell

doi:10.15252/embj.2018100862

Putting a strain on diversity

Colin Selman, William R. Swindell

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Abstract

Human life expectancy is increasing on a global scale, but healthspan—the period of life free from age-associated ill health—is not improving at a comparable rate. This disconnect means that a greater proportion of the general population will spend a longer period of their life suffering from one or more debilitating age-associated diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, sarcopenia and various cancers. Understanding the processes underlying ageing and age-related diseases is therefore a major and pressing research challenge in biomedical research.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e100862
Journal	EMBO Journal
Volume	37
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2018100862
State	Published - Nov 15 2018
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuroscience(all)
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Immunology and Microbiology(all)

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