March 13, 2018
Aging: how to lead a longer and healthier life?
Aging causes a higher risk of getting cancer or dementia. What can we do to age better? In this episode of the AXA Research Files, Greg Foot investigates whether it is possible to reduce the likelihood of being prone to age-related diseases.
Longevity
1 minute
Original Content: AXA Research Fund
To find out more, Greg meets Francesca Baggio, an AXA-supported researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Aging. Francesca explains the importance of mitochondria and how errors that occur during cell replication lead to aging.
Greg also meets Miia Kivipelto, an AXA-supported researcher at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden to find out how to lead a healthier life (including being physically active, adopting a suitable diet, etc.) in order to slow down mental decline in the elderly.
