Question: What type of ageing does your research look at, so is it the ageing of human skin or of cells in animals/human?

Jesus Calvo-Castro answered on 11 Nov 2015:

Hi @Rebecca. This is a very good question. Actually, your skin is made up cells so the ageing processes are comparable. In our body, we generate a series of chemicals called radicals. These radicals trigger a number of reactions which destroy your cells and therefore promote ageing. It is similar to processes of destruction of the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect that you probably have heard on the news