Antiageing classes lau

The move aims to attract spa business entrepreneurs and doctors interested in antiageing and regenerative medicine.

The new programs will be AntiAgeing and Regenerative Medicine, and AntiAgeing Science.

Dean of the new school, Dr Piti Palungwachira, said the university had opened the Mae Fah Luang University Hospital in Bangkok to be a clinic for practising students.

It would provide members of the public with treatments of dermatology, aesthetic medicine and antiageing and regenerative medicine by 80 medical experts from Thailand and other countries. It would also collaborate academically with private hospitals such as Bumrungrad and Krungthep.

AntiAgeing Science was popular in the US and Europe, as well as some Asian countries. It focused on longterm health protection rather than treating illnesses, Piti said.

The "ageing condition" was not regarded as a disease, but was a disorder, and as many as 7080 per cent of Thais had this condition, he claimed.

The university extended its Master's degree programs for the current academic year with AntiAgeing and Regenerative Medicine and AntiAgeing Science.

The first program focused on curing and had only 20 seats available. It was aimed at medical doctors, scientists or researchers and cost about Bt180,000 per year. While the latter program had 40 places for spa business entrepreneurs, he said.

More and more people were at risk of prematurely ageing due to the environment and stressful lifestyles that led to health problems such as cancer, heart disease or high blood pressure, he said. And people were negligent, got overweight and had unhealthy eating habits.

The AntiAgeing Science program was developed to provide advice for people who wanted to deal with such matters, he said.