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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 24.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Aging. 2021 Dec 20;1(12):1096–1106. doi: 10.1038/s43587-021-00150-3

Figure 1. Molecular damage is a central element of aging theories.

Figure 1.

While the existing theories do not agree on the nature of aging, they all consider cumulative damage as a central factor. Molecular damage accumulates throughout lifespan beginning early in life, in mammals before birth, and never reaches zero.