Tick Tock in the Womb: How Biological Ageing Before Birth Drives Life-Long Health

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧? Join us for an eye-opening, 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 event of science, stories, and solutions. Two of our rising stars share their discoveries on how ageing starts before birth, and what this means for pregnancy outcomes, childhood development, and our risk of disease later in life.

You’ll hear 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 around conception can ‘𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤’ for the embryo, how a unique and short-lived organ—the 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚—𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰, and how this can affect whether a baby is born too early, too small, or at higher risk of illness.

Come along to find out what it really means to be born old—and why we may not be doomed after all!
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