The UK population is rapidly getting older: a predicted 1 in 4 people will be over the age of 65 by 2031. Ensuring that an increasingly ageing population stays healthy and mobile is a challenge for both the Government and the scientific research community. An exhibition, ‘Lifelong Health: The Bioscience of Ageing’, organised by the publically-funded Biotechnology and Biotechnology Research Council (BBSRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) on behalf of Research Councils UK (RCUK), will be launched today in Westminster (Monday 12 November).
