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The following page is written in a reasonably readable prose and lists all the currently accepted hallmarks of aging. Genomic instability is on the list, but ma
by inglor_cz 3y ago
The following page is written in a reasonably readable prose and lists all the currently accepted hallmarks of aging. Genomic instability is on the list, but many other things beside it.
https://www.lifespan.io/topic/why-we-age/ https://www.lifespan.io/topic/why-we-age/
But there has been recent talk about adding five more:
https://www.lifespan.io/news/researchers-propose-five-new-hallmarks-of-aging/ https://www.lifespan.io/news/researchers-propose-five-new-ha...
Aging is complicated. Stuff like extracellular cross-linking of collagen through glycation cannot be reduced to genetic/epigenetic changes, and yet is obviously a huge problem for aged organisms.