Aging may be the greatest leap in understanding between the old and new medical science paradigms. Under the old paradigm, human longevity was set—three score and ten. We just wear out like an old shoe. But the new understandings of genetics and epigenetics have turned all that on its head. The child above died of an old age related disease at age 17. She has progeria-accelerated aging.
The Rate of Aging is Not Fixed!
The Rate of Aging is Not Fixed!
The Rate of Aging is Not Fixed!
Aging may be the greatest leap in understanding between the old and new medical science paradigms. Under the old paradigm, human longevity was set—three score and ten. We just wear out like an old shoe. But the new understandings of genetics and epigenetics have turned all that on its head. The child above died of an old age related disease at age 17. She has progeria-accelerated aging.