Two drivers of aging:
- accumulated damage from viruses & errors (attack garbage, DNA damage, misfolded proteins, mitochondrial dysfunction),
- loss of cell identity (mesenchymal drift or dedifferentiation) which ends up turning cells into generic scar tissue.
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Loss of Cell Identity Drives Human Aging
That’s What Biological (Epigenetic) Aging Clocks Are Measuring