The onset of ageing and age-related disorders may be delayed and even prevented completely, researchers from the Mayo Clinic wrote in the journal Nature. The scientists managed to delay and prevent the onset of muscle wasting, cataracts, and even wrinkles in an animal study carried out on mice by eliminating cells that build up with age - the scientists call them deadbeat cells or senescent cells. The authors say this study is the first to show that deadbeat cells adjuvant to the ageing process. They added that they may have found a way of keeping people healthier as they get older...