As part of the Global Burden of Disease Study, a data collection was recently carried out to estimate the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and to forecast it for 2050. It is estimated that the number of patients with dementia worldwide will increase from 57.4 million in 2019 to 152.8 million in 2050.

At the patho-biochemical level, genomic instability, telomere shortening, mitochondrial dysfunction, antiinflammation various epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, through which genes are switched on and off, play a significant role the process of senescence and neurodegeneration.

In this online seminar, you will find out which (micro)nutrients are currently the focus of science as serotherapeutic flavanol fisetin, magnesium, taurine, vitamin D, coenzyme Q10 and omega-3 fatty acids are at the center of aging research.