Ageing

Ageing and immunity

Body Shop Foundation Award
2001 – 2004 Birmingham University, Dr J Lord

Study of elderly patients and test-tube methods to provide new information on the decline of the human immune system with age, and to find new ways of protecting the health of elderly people. An alternative to experiments on genetically modified mice with damaged immune systems.


Mathematical models of ageing

2000 – 2003 Newcastle University, Prof T Kirkwood

Exploration of the complex relationships between human genes, lifestyles, longevity and age-related illnesses, with computer modelling as an alternative to investigations in large populations of mice and rats.


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