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At the Healthy Lifespan Institute we're uniting over 130 world-class researchers to tackle the global epidemic of multimorbidity – the presence of two or more chronic conditions – to help everyone live healthier, independent lives for longer and reduce the cost of care.

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29 June 2021

Osteoporosis drug could have the potential to increase healthspans for all

Life expectancies are increasing but healthspans are not increasing at the same rate. One solution could be a new type of drug that targets the root cause of ageing and age related disease, called a geroprotector.

9 June 2021

Drugs to stabilise plaques could prevent stroke

Drugs which target white blood cells and stabilise atherosclerotic plaques could be used to help prevent strokes, according to research presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference.

2 June 2021

Paving the way for the use of controlled heat as a therapeutic adjunct to topoisomerase targeting therapeutics.

In this paper, we show that hyperthermia suppresses the level of topoisomerase mediated single- and double-strand breaks induced by exposure to topoisomerase poisons.

13 May 2021

Sheffield u3a members to play active role in Healthy Lifespan Institute Research

The Healthy Lifespan Institute and Sheffield u3a (formerly University of the Third Age) have formed a partnership to ensure research into healthy ageing incorporates the lived experiences of older people.

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