Reading Time: 4 minutesCellular Secrets of aging unlocked by Researchers There are many theories about the cause of aging. Telomere shortening, cellular senescence, Loss of hormones, a weakened immune system, uncontrolled inflammation, mitochondrial damage, The Information Theory of Aging, DNA damage, free radicals, loss of stem cells, a distorted Wnt signaling pathway, environmental toxins, and just plain old wear-and-tear. However, there is another theory of aging: Genetics New research has uncovered how genetic changes that accumulate slowly in blood stem cells throughout life might cause dramatic changes in blood production in elderly people. The study, by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the … Continue reading →