Aging is complicated – a biologist explains why no two people or cells age the same way, and what this means for anti-aging interventions
- Written by Ellen Quarles, Assistant Professor in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
While some people may be older in chronological age, their biological age might be much younger.FangXiaNuo/E+ via Getty ImagesYou likely know someone who seems to age slowly, appearing years younger than their birth date suggests. And you likely have seen the opposite – someone whose body and mind seem much more ravaged by time than others....