A High Level Sketch of the State of Aging and its Treatment

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/06/a-high-level-sketch-of-the-state-of-aging-and-its-treatment/

At this point it seems an impossible task to write a review paper covering what is known of aging and avenues to treat aging as a medical condition. The only way forward is to do what the authors did here, which is to leave out nearly everything. Just focus on the high points, the areas of greatest study, to sketch an outline of a field in which, I would say, all of the truly transformative work is taking place in smaller programs, beneath the radar, less widely discussed, but poised to reshape the field of medicine.

The physiological characteristics of aging summarised in this article gradually accumulate over time and contribute to the aging process. Notably, antagonism of an organism’s response to the characteristics of aging also plays a subtle role in the aging process. When the cumulative damage caused by primary and …

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