Investigating ageing - for iPod/iPhone

Investigating ageing

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Transcript -- Investigating ageing

We stereotype old age but what are the real differences between the young and old and how do we measure them?

Young and old compared

Transcript -- We stereotype old age but what are the real differences between the young and old and how do we measure them?

Transcript -- Young and old compared

How eyes can be studied to assess age and ageing.

Ageing and vision

Transcript -- How eyes can be studied to assess age and ageing.

Transcript -- Ageing and vision

How the study of nematode worms and mice might be used as a model for lengthening human life.

Ageing at the genetic  level

Transcript -- How the study of nematode worms and mice might be used as a model for lengthening human life.

Transcript -- Ageing at the genetic  level

Why do cells die? Can we stop them, and should we?

Ageing at the cellular level

Transcript -- Why do cells die? Can we stop them, and should we?

Transcript -- Ageing at the cellular level

Education

We might think we know what ageing is, but it’s surprisingly difficult to pin down. In this album a 70-year-old fashion model and her 17-year-old grand-daughter take part in a series of scientific tests to see whether it is possible to distinguish between them. The results give an insight into what contemporary science can tell us about what happens at the molecular, genetic, cellular, physiological and psychological level during the ageing process. This material forms part of The Open University course SD805 Issues in brain and behaviour.

Investigating ageing