Breakthrough in treatment to slow ageing

Scientists have discovered how to slow down the ageing process in children afflicted with the disease progeria, which causes children to age up to eight times as fast as normal.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Nov 2011, 09:29 BST

It is hoped a new treatment may lead to greater understanding of how the damaging effects of ageing could be prevented.

The treatment combines an existing medicine with an over-the-counter dietary supplement, N-acetyl cysteine.

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Professor Chris Hutchison, a member of the Biophysical Sciences Institute at Durham University, said further trials were still needed.

The first results of the 18-month study, led by Durham University, are published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics.