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New anti-ageing vaccines promise to prevent diseases like Alzheimer's

It may soon be possible to vaccinate ourselves against the diseases of old age, keeping our body and brain healthier for longer

By Graham Lawton

3 July 2024

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Jon Krause

In just over five years I will turn 60, which is a daunting prospect. I already have one age-related disease – hypertension – and, given the odds, will be lucky not to have been diagnosed with at least one more by then. After that, age-related conditions are likely to pile up until the inevitable end. It will be a similar story, no doubt, for many of you. We are living longer than before, but those extra years aren’t necessarily healthy ones.

Yet if recent developments are anything to go by, my sons may be luckier. Rather than face a laundry list of…

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