There's another branch of aging research that is gaining traction recently and that feels just so much more sensible. Its basic idea is that there's really no "

There's another branch of aging research that is gaining traction recently and that feels just so much more sensible. Its basic idea is that there's really no "wear and tear" happening, but rather, aging is a programmed process whereby cells deliberately disable their various cleaning and healing mechanisms via epigenetic alterations. This whole thing is controlled by signal molecules in the bloodstream, and there's some kind of feedback loop going on. Here are some links for you to learn more about this: https://joshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com/2020/05/11/age-reduction-breakthrough/ https://joshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com/2020/05/11/age-reduct... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275360486_Towards_an_Evidence-Based_Model_of_Aging https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275360486_Towards_a...