Endocytosis and cellular recycling in an ageing context KU Leuven
As living conditions and medical technology improve, an increasing number of people are living to an older age. Unfortunately, this expanded lifespan is linked to an increased amount of unhealthy ageing. A current hypothesis is that a gradual failure of body fluid scavenger cells (e.g. macrophages) contributes to this phenomenon.
To test this hypothesis, I turned to the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, in which the coelomocytes are ...