Understanding the Epigenetic Clockwork of Aging

Our entire theory of aging has been mistaken. There's enormous hope in that.

by Patrick Cox
January 10, 2019

Just a few years ago, even talking about age reversal was considered crazy. It was common sense that aging was an inevitable process tied to the physical law of entropy.

Simply put, things tend to fall apart as time goes on, and scientists thought this was how aging functioned as well.

However, things are changing now. The theory of aging has undergone a tumultuous shift. Over the last seven years, success in cellular and animal rejuvenation experiments has started to wear down the consensus.

In respected journals, prominent scientists are now making the case for a mechanistic view of aging—a process that can be changed. For example, the authors of the paper “Rejuvenation by Cell Reprogramming: a New Horizon in Gerontology,” published just last month in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, make exactly this case.

The paper argues in favor of “the epigenetic model of aging,” which we will get to in a bit. It summarizes the findings of many studies showing that the ag…