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If you were explaining your research to someone with no scientific background, what story or image would you use? We can compare pluripotent stem cells (cells that can become any cell type in our body) to a journey. At the beginning, they have many possible paths they can take, but as they start moving forward, they gradually commit to a path. Along the way, they constantly receive signals that guide their decisions, like road signs or checkpoints that help determine which di

The increase of the ageing population is the worldwide phenomenon. We are expecting the historically record increase of the aged over 60 or more in population (by 2040, over 30%). The shape of the composition of population is shifting from the shape of a bell to a skyscraper, and reshaping into a kite. This brings real challenges: rising rates of chronic illness, increasing pressure on healthcare systems, and a growing need to understand what shapes health across a lifetime