Prevailing theory of aging challenged in Stanford worm study
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 12:49
in Health & Medicine
Age may not be rust after all. Specific genetic instructions drive aging in worms, report researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup of tissue damage akin to rust, and implies science might eventually halt or even reverse the ravages of age.