Northwestern receives $32.4M to study healthy aging

The Hevolution Foundation, which funds research in health span science, recently awarded Northwestern University $32.4 million over five years to study healthy aging. 

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The study will focus on proteostasis, or the loss of protein homeostasis, which is a common feature of aging. Proteostasis is a growing field of geroscience, Hevolution said in a Sept. 18 news release. 

Results from the Evanston, Ill.-based university’s research can help discover targets for pharmacological approaches to “rebalance protein folding and degradation in aging,” the release said.

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