In a big step to understanding why people get old Japanese scientists have discovered the so-called ageing gene, local media report. A team of Osaka University researchers have singled out the Clq protein, which protects the human system against alien agents and forms our immune system, as responsible for our getting old. There is a downside to this discovery though, with the study revealing that, by slowing down the ageing process, the human organism loses its immune system., Source: Voice of Russia.
