ARC in Karolinska Institutet
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The Aging Research Centre (ARC) in Karolinska Institutet was established in the year 2000, is a multidisciplinary center in which both the medical university Karolinska Institutet
(KI) and Stockholm University
(SU) are collaborating. The administration of the center is placed at the Division of Geriatric Epidemiology, Department of Neurotec, KI.
SNACK population study: Project leader: Laura Fratiglioni
SWEOLD: Project leader: Mats Thorslund
BETULA: Project leader: Lars-Göran Nilsson
Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska institutet is a medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area, Sweden, and one of Europe's largest medical universities...
(KI) and Stockholm University
Stockholm University
Stockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...
(SU) are collaborating. The administration of the center is placed at the Division of Geriatric Epidemiology, Department of Neurotec, KI.
Longitudinal databases
Kungsholmen Project: Project leader: Bengt WinbladSNACK population study: Project leader: Laura Fratiglioni
SWEOLD: Project leader: Mats Thorslund
BETULA: Project leader: Lars-Göran Nilsson
See also
- AgeingAgeingAgeing or aging is the accumulation of changes in a person over time. Ageing in humans refers to a multidimensional process of physical, psychological, and social change. Some dimensions of ageing grow and expand over time, while others decline...
- Aging Research Centre at UC Berkeley
- Institute for Ageing and Health at Newcastle University
- American Aging AssociationAmerican Aging AssociationThe American Aging Association is a non-profit, tax-exempt biogerontology organization of scientists and laypeople dedicated to biomedical aging studies intended to slow the aging process. The abbreviation AGE is intended to be representative of the organization, even though it is not an acronym...
- BiogerontologyGerontologyGerontology is the study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging...
- Life extensionLife extensionLife extension science, also known as anti-aging medicine, experimental gerontology, and biomedical gerontology, is the study of slowing down or reversing the processes of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan...
- List of life extension related topics
- SenescenceSenescenceSenescence or biological aging is the change in the biology of an organism as it ages after its maturity. Such changes range from those affecting its cells and their function to those affecting the whole organism...