Centre for the Chemical Research of Ageing (Aging)

Chemical Sciences Supporting Research into Ageing and Age-related Diseases

We would all like a healthy old age, contributing to our society with the wisdom of age, but without the impairment of the diseases and conditions associated with ageing.  The chemical sciences can help.

Understanding the Processes of Ageing

Understanding ageing allows effective action to minimise its detrimental effects.  Biologists investigating ageing need to have tools, and CCRA can provide them.  Oxidative stress is associated with much of the degeneration and most of the diseases of old age. CCRA develops sensors to detect, locate and image oxidative stress and provides functional molecules to interfere with the biological processess that cause it. We also build designer molecules to interact with specific pathways involved in ageing.        

Treating Age-related Diseases

Many diseases and conditions have age as their highest risk factor e.g. neurodegeneration, stroke, heart disease. CCRA• develops therapeutics for dealing with such diseases e.g. therapies for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions, wound healing in ulcers, and stroke.

Health through Diet

Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables is known to promote health.  Claims are continually made for the antioxidant benefits of compounds found in these foods.  CCRA can predict and determine antioxidant activity, and determine the bioavailability of chemoprotective agents.

The Team

Richard Hartley (Director)

Graeme Cooke

Rudi Marquez

Goetz Bucher

Lee Cronin

Contact us:

Centre for the Chemical Research of Ageing, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 2LU, UK.

e-mail: CCRA@chem.gla.ac.uk

or individually using our departmental e-mail addresses.