A team of European researchers has identified 12 key indicators ‘which are measurable processes that change with the ageing of the organism and which, when manipulated experimentally, induce an acceleration or, on the contrary, an interruption, even a regression, of ageing’.
The authors note ‘each of these indicators should be considered an entry point for future exploration of the ageing process, as well as for the development of new anti-ageing drugs’.
Assessing the new study Dr Javier Gomez Pavon, from the leadership team at the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, told Medscape.com this research confirmed ‘diet is currently the most easily accessible form of intervention to slow down ageing’.
The collaborative study titled ‘Hallmarks of Ageing: An expanding universe’ – by scientists from research institutions in Spain (Spanish National Cancer Centre, University of Oviedo, and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology), England (University College London), Germany (Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing) and France (University of Paris) – has been.
