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What is ageing? Even the field’s researchers can’t agree

Survey of scientists who study ageing finds no consensus on the fundamentals.
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Researchers studying ageing disagree on just about everything — including what ageing is, whether it is a disease and when it starts — according to a survey of about 100 scientists working in the field.

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Nature 636, 283-284 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03936-8

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