ALT Professor Filipe Cabreiro, head of the Host-Microbe Co-Metabolism group at the MRC LMS and fellow author of the paper concluded: “This study is the first to show decreasing protein errors extends lifespan. With an ageing population and many people experiencing ill-health as they grow older, it is more important than ever that we be able to facilitate healthy ageing. “Our results pave the way for identifying novel interventions to do exactly that.”