Periodic Reporting for period 4 - Ageing with elegans (Validating C. elegans healthspan model for better understanding factors causing health and disease, to develop evidence based prevention, diagnostic, therapeutic and other strategies.)

Over the past decades, lifespan has increased all over Europe and in many other countries, but these additional years are often not spent in good health. As societies age, the increasing fraction of elderly and the care they need threatens to place a growing burden on society...