Can mutant worms unlock the secret of ageing?

From Afternoons, 3:10 pm on 20 February 2024

Everyone ages. There's a multi billion dollar industry aimed at trying to stop it. 

Dr Coleen Murphy works to understand it first. She's a professor of genomics and molecular biology at Princeton where they unlock the mysteries of aging with an unlikely ally: mutant worms. 

They're helping scientists figure out what's happening to our bodies as we get older and how we can slow it down. How We Age, the Science of Longevity.

How We Age book cover

How We Age book cover Photo: supplied

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