UOW researchers find oxygen contributes to ageing

By Emma Spillett
Updated September 2 2014 - 8:56pm, first published 8:34pm
Scientist Colin Cortie is on a mission to discover how fats and oxygen lead to ageing. Picture: SYLVIA LIBER
Scientist Colin Cortie is on a mission to discover how fats and oxygen lead to ageing. Picture: SYLVIA LIBER

Halting the ageing process has long been the pursuit of cosmetics companies, scientists and women worried about wrinkles, but could it be that the oxygen keeping us alive is also shortening our lifespan?

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