Video: Can gut bacteria help us live longer?

Apr 14, 2015

Simin Nikbin Meydani

Director, Tufts University

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Is the secret to health in later life hidden in our gut?i from Tufts University, USA, says disease is not an inevitable part of ageing and bacteria in our gut may play a key role in how we age.

Author: Dr. Simin Nikbin Meydani, D.V.M., Ph.D., is an Iranian-American Nutrition Scientist, Professor and the currently the director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.

Image: Gut bacteria shown under a microscope.

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