Studies are targeting aging at the cellular and systemic level.
None of us can avoid the effects of aging, though many of us try in various ways, through cosmetics or nutrition and wellness products. Though these things may slow or disguise the progression of age-related effects, the health-related issues of aging remain. For the most part, researchers have had little luck developing treatments to postpone, ameliorate, or prevent the accumulation of diseases throughout one’s life. People may be living longer, but it’s often with a reduced quality of life due to age-related diseases.
Recently, researchers have begun to explore the basic mechanisms of aging from the cellular level to the systemic level in order to develop new strategies to prevent age-related issues and better understand them. Last week’s edition of Science took a look at some of the results.
